If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all. (Anne Roiphe)

If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.

Anne Roiphe

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