Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.
Why not - is a slogan for an interesting life.
The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish.
With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.
In even the happiest love story, the World wins at last.
Enjoy the insult as you deliver it, before you learn its cost.