The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.
Getting ready: the show girl scratches her breast and shakes out her feathers.
Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.
People are reluctant to cite boredom as grounds for divorce.
Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.
Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.