"Feeling so much means feeling a lot of pain."

"There was certainly an instant attraction on my part, but it took a while before I realised it was reciprocated. I just never assumed that a woman that smart and attractive would be even remotely interested in me… Or, in fact, that any woman would be interested in me. But I’ve always had that kind of in-built mechanism, I think - the less you expect, the better off you’ll be."