Getting ready: the show girl scratches her breast and shakes out her feathers.
The perfect aphorism would achieve classical balance and then immediately upset it.
The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots.
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.
The lover as baby is a less troubling idea than the baby as lover.