A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.

The nature of language may determine what most people say, but I always speak my own meaning.

Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.

Too timid to talk back, I shot my adversary.

Natural Man, in our current version, is a disgruntled adolescent.

As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.