Despite ...

... our human fate, and the reality of war and disease, it is crucial that we keep the idea of pleasure in circulation. We are desiring animals who arouse one another through speech and touch. Our pleasures support our activity and imagination. Play sustains our lightness and curiosity; it is itself a therapy. And so we must, until the end, insist on our appetites and delights.

                                                                  Hanif Kureishi - Dispatches From My Hospital Bed