» There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.
» Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
» It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.
» Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.