The desire to perform impedes conversation.
Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.
Money gives me more energy than all the Granola bars in the world.
When love ends, we cry out against destiny. When friendship ends, we cry out against our friend.
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.
Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.