Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated.
Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.
Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.
I tried self-sacrifice a couple of times in my youth.
Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy.
As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.