Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.

I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.

Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.

Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.

Symbolism erects a facade of respectability to hide the indecency of dreams.

Machismo makes no provision for preparing lunch, doing the laundry, or minding the baby.

I trust you because I need you.