An old man drinks tea and reads the newspaper--forgetting age for a moment.

Thought maps existence; fantasy colors it.

Methodology is applied ideology.

Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.

Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

Cynicism has its own zealots.