An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.
Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.
Don't let the brownies bite.
It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.
After all, as long as you know, why make when you can take?
Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. p. 374