If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.

Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness.

The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.

Many who take up burdens come to resent being put upon.

Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.