Studying the past may suggest new ways of going wrong.
Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.
Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.
I would enjoy experiencing the hollowness of success at first- hand.
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.
Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.