The closeups of pornography make human genitals look like undiscovered prehistoric animals.
Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.
The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots.
When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.
When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.
Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.