clocks in disagreement are worse than no clock at all.

It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction.

Why ask a question whose answer would demand ten more questions?

Secrets affect you more than you’d think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone’ll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn’t it the secret who’s actually using you?

Times are you say a person's b'liefs ain't true, they think you're sayin' their lifes ain't true an' their truth ain't true.

We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing.

Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private. It is dethroned by public acts.