Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death.

Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.

Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.

Facts do not give advice.

In New York, pretending to be above the struggle means no seat on the bus and a table next to the kitchen.