In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.

The privacy of reading frees us to entertain the alien.

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.

Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale.