1. I think the vast majority of us ‘normal’ people spend our lives bustling around trying to create the impression that we are hip, imperturbable, omniscient, in perfect control, when in fact we are awkward and scared and bewildered. The irony is that we do this to be loved, all the time remaining terrified of anyone who seems to be as perfect as we wish to be.
    — Expecting Adam, by Martha Beck