They say a trip is a good time for repairing a damaged love.
The song is an uncannily haunting ballad, its images of the sea, doomed romance and drowning alluding to what Watts-Russell calls "the inevitable damage that love causes".
Understanding sexual conflict can help societies mitigate the damage when love or lust goes wrong: from spiteful divorces to sexual harassment.
If it's old, no longer of any use, and (fingers crossed!) damaged, we love it.
These characters, often too damaged to love or be loved, pop up throughout fiction, with John Green a notable fan.
For some employees, the problem is not the email itself, but the collateral damage to loved ones.
For example, it's right to question the fear that you're too emotionally damaged to love; even the severely wounded can open up their hearts again but they need to make the choice to be open and to decide not to continue being over-protective of themselves.
Sean Stewart testified that the relationship with his father was "damaged, perhaps permanently damaged," yet "I love him and I always will".
Rogers wrote that "secrets can cause so much internal damage," adding: "People love to preach about honesty, how honesty is so plain and simple.
Who could ever reckon up the damage done to love and friendship and all hopes of happiness by a surfeit or depletion of this or that neurotransmitter?
