Expectations are dangerous when they are both too high and unformed.

Lovers communicate not inside sentences, but between them. Passion lurks within interstice. It is grouting rather than bricks.

You can't be stylish and petty at the same time.

Size is relative. If everyone is fat, no-one is fat

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

Teachers were both blamed for everything that went wrong with kids and turned to for their every salvation. This dual role of scapegoat and savior was downright messianic but even Jesus was probably paid better.