Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.

I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.

Politics inflame the passions in a way that few beloveds can match.

Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.

A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.

Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.

Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream.