We Have To Give Value To Authority.

Anytime You’re Gonna Grow, You’re Gonna Lose Something. You’re Losing What You’re Hanging Onto To Keep Safe. You’re Losing Habits That You’re Comfortable With, You’re Losing Familiarity.

I Sometimes Get Short-tempered In A Public Situation Because I Think, Oh God, I Can't Go Back Over That Again. I Can't Put That Into A Two-word Answer. I Can't. Wherever I Go, People Say, "can I Ask You A Quick Question?" It's Always, "a Quick Question." Well, My Answers Are Slow.

I Just Read About John Le Carre, The Great Spy Novelist. He Had An Absolutely Miserable Childhood. His Mother Deserted Him When He Was Young. His Father Was A Playboy And A Drunk. He Was Shifted Around To Many Different Homes. He Knew He Was A Writer When He Was About Nine, But He Was Dyslexic. So Here Was A Person With An Absolutely Messed-up Childhood And A Symptom That Prevented Him From Doing What He Wanted To Do Most. Yet That Very Symptom Was Part Of The Calling. It Forced Him To Go Deeper.

Words, Like Angels, Are Powers Which Have Invisible Power Over Us.

In The History Of The Treatment Of Depression, There Was The Dunking Stool, Purging Of The Bowels Of Black Bile, Hoses, Attempts To Shock The Patient. All Of These Represent Hatred Or Aggression Towards What Depression Represents In The Patient.