Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.
My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
The psychiatrist's office: the only place I can be sure my story will be treated as sad, but interesting.
Everyone fears and courts his own demon.
Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy.
Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.