When love and adventure are finished, it's nice to have getting and spending to fall back on.
Listening to people keeps them entertained.
Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.
Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.
Repetition comforts me for a time, then closes in.
Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale.