The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.
Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.
Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.
Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.
Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.
Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated.