A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride.
J. D. SalingerOr you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way—I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it.
J. D. Salinger