A beautiful woman peers out her window, as full of envy as the harridan who peers up at her from the street.

Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.

Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.

The exhibitionist loves to flirt with shame

Hope likes justification, but can do without.

We worship the aesthetic, but we do not have faith in it.

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