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

Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.

A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction.

Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?

Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.

The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.

Fears and lies intensify consciousness.