what you fear, you invite.
the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.
Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life.
Money is an acquired taste. But, once acquired, it becomes an addiction.
Diamonds are the tears of the poor.
Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of the mind, that is half-conscious and half-unconscious, as all creative acts must be.