'Imagine if were heading for a quiet walk in the forest and someone came up to you.
"Where are you going?" she asks.
"I'm going to the forest," you tell her.
"Wow," she gasps, stepping back.
"Wow what?"
And then a tear forms in her eye. She places a hand on your shoulder. "You're so brave."
"Am I?"
"So incredibly brave. An inspiration, in fact."
And you would gulp, and go pale, and be permanently put off going into the forest.'
Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet, p.207.
