Both faith and cynicism make judgment too easy.

The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar.

Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.

Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.

Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.

Only death goes deeper than sex.

A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.