The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.
Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface.
A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city.
Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.
My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.
Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.