“sex and humor are the heart and lungs of a good relationship”

“Sex and laughter. The heart and lungs of a relationship.”

“You were right. As you know. Other people may sail through lives of blue seas, with only the occasional squall, but for me life has always been a mountain--sheer faced and perilous. And, as I think I told you, I had clung on with the footholds and crampons and safety ropes of a safe job and flat and secure relationship.”

“Bubonic plague is 'natural,' I snapped back. Doesn't mean it's good for you.”

“Surely a good therapist should produce a Dorian Gray-style portrait from under the couch so the patient can see the person they really are.”

“A siren is the sound of the twenty-first-century cavalry on the way.”

“There was no harbor for hope.”