December 12, 2002:

Superficiality is for her an act of deliberation, an intellectual and ethical commitment. Things are exactly as they seem, there are no obscure or unconscious motives. To suggest otherwise is an act of manipulation.

The inevitable corollary can be expressed in this simple transitive syllogism:

out of sight, out of mind;
out of mind, out of existence;
therefore,
out of sight, out of existence.

Thus the solution to problems is to run away.