If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.
When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.
Beauty compels us; reason merely cajoles.
In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else.
God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases.