Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating.
Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents.
In New York, pretending to be above the struggle means no seat on the bus and a table next to the kitchen.
My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.