Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.

I create my social existence by earning and spending.

In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.

In New York, one must collapse to be indolent.

Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

God may be a human creation, but He goes His way, not ours.