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  • People say when you're in love, you don't need etiquette. Well, you need it then more than anything. Or they say, "At home I can just be myself." What they mean is they can be their worst selves... They always mean they will save all their anxiety about how to behave for somebody like the head waiter of a restaurant, someone they'll never see again.

    "Polite Company". Interview with Hara Estroff Marano, www.psychologytoday.com. March 1, 1998.