Ironic and jittery, we are puzzled by the old heroes with their fighting, boasting, and cocksure lovemaking.
People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
A suburb is an attempt to get out of reach of the city without having the city be out of reach.
If the current is right, one can drift to success.
With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.
Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.