If you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen. - Alain de Botton

Love reveals its insanity by its refusal to acknowledge the inherent NORMALITY of the loved one

Beneath the kiss itself, it is its meaning that interests us — which is why the desire to kiss someone can be decisively reduced (as it may need be, for instance, when two lovers are already married to other people) by a declaration of that desire — a confession which may in itself be so erotic as to render the actual kiss superfluous.

Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm’s Human Resources department.