LUDIC LOG

"...and, obviously, I think further sessions will be of inordinate value."

"I...I thank you, doctor. You've been of tremendous help to me."

"I think that we are close to a breakthrough, Emma. You'd be surprised at how often these physical ailments have an emotional, or psychological, cause."

"Do you...do you think I'm ugly?"

"What?"

"Does it disgust you?"

"You mean...I assume that you're talking about your nose."

"Yes. Does it repulse you?"

"Not at all. It's a simple physical manifestation of internal pressure. A term I have coined for it is 'repression'. Why would you think it repulsive?"

"Well...it's just that you always sit over there. On your chair. When this couch is big enough for two."

"One strives to maintain a certain level of professionalism, Emma. The couch, I merely find that it produces a certain level of comfort and ease in the patient."

"I know I feel totally at ease right now."

"Why do you say that?"

"Oh...just being with you. It makes me feel all warm inside."

"Being fey, or childish and...what is the word?...schlau about sex is a very profound manifestation of repression."

"You know what I've heard is a good cure for repression, Doctor?"

"While I don't wish to sound patronizing, Emma, I hardly think self-diagnosis is a wise decision for you at this point. Of course, it is the ultimate goal...self-analysis can be a vital diagnostic tool, although perhaps not so much as young Carl seems to think..."

"Ooh, Dr. Jung. I think he's dreamy."

"'Dreamy'. An interesting choice of words. Perhaps you'd like to elaborate on that."

"Do you ever...think about Carl, Doctor? In...that way?"

"Not at all. Homosexuality is symptomatic of a juvenile and unformed sexuality."

"Because I think about it all the time."

"Do you really mean 'all the time'? Do you see my meaning? Because..."

"I think about both of you. Operating on me."

"While I am a qualified doctor of medicine, my practice is more oriented towards the psychological and therapeutic approach to disease causation. You see, in my Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, I..."

"Oh, Doctor! Take me!"

"Odd that you would choose that possessive phraseology. Tell me...is your father available for a session?"