One of my favorite lines from one of Anthony Burgess’s greatest (and underappreciated) novels.

“Mrs. Killigrew, whose husband played bridge all the time, discovered a passion for a man whose face was covered with warts. Why was this? In a story you had to find a reason, but real life gets on very well without even Freudian motivations.” — Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess. Ch. 33