Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.
Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.
Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.
Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for.
Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.