“Most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five million strangers.”
—Jubal Harshaw in “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein
This one is a bit cynical but certainly has a grain of truth in it.
May282008
Interesting quote…not sure I would go so far as to say “wallowing in the troubles of five million strangers”…more like wallowing in the troubles exposed by our wonderful methods of communication.