The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness

She looked at me like I was crazy. Most of my lovers do, and that's partly why they love me, and partly why they leave

You don't want your readers seeing easy connections; it becomes a distraction.

Having a persistent nature is part of being human. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to speak of knowing another person, or loving them, or being their friend or enemy or rival.

Most of the brain's work is done while the brain's owner is ostensibly thinking about something else, so sometimes you have to deliberately find something else to think and talk about.

Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being?

A lot of secular, modern people claim to be disillusioned whenever they learn that any smart person is religious. That's applicable to Newton as it is to any other religious smart person