Whatever is spoken of acquires a certain existence.
Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.
Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.