Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

The flesh of past lovers looks both familiar and strange.

Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling.

Every path to a new understanding begins in confusion.

Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.