The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit.
When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.
Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.
New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way.
Theory can leave questions unanswered, but practice has to come up with something.
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.