Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.

Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.

Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.