Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.
Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.
The young are just as opinionated as the old, but have more exciting things to do than sit around airing their opinions all day.
Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.