The nature of language may determine what most people say, but I always speak my own meaning.

For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado.

Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.

Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.

Every perversion has survived many tests of its capabilities.

The eros of advertising is lurid but not specific.

Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little.