The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.

Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.

The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming.

As a dream comes true, it falls flat.

Aphorisms are not true or false, but pointed or flat.

If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.

The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives.