So many stories are determined before they start.
Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year.
The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity.
...hoarders of guilty secrets are inevitably consumed with appearances.
Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.
I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not.