Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.
Living too long exacts a painful price.
Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.
Some subjects come up suddenly in our speech and cannot be silenced.
Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.
In the labyrinth of a difficult text, we find unmarked forks in the path, detours, blind alleys, loops that deliver us back to our point of entry, and finally the monster who whispers an unintelligible truth in our ears.