Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.
Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken.
The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.
Unconditional love is a lofty ideal, but unconditional hate is a fact well documented by history.
In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.