The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend.
The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.
Boredom is the only sure cure for neurosis.
Money is a better tonic than Geritol.
To avoid taking responsibility, I become unresponsive but hang on until the other person leaves me.