If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?
Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
Symbolism erects a facade of respectability to hide the indecency of dreams.
Love talks and talks. Lust is brief and to the point.
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.