Lovers remain in the dark, working hard to keep out daylight.

I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me.

Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.

I would enjoy experiencing the hollowness of success at first- hand.

The ugly can achieve an absoluteness beyond the reach of beauty.

My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.

Mathematics: silent harmonies. Music: sounding numbers.