Before the mind snaps, or the heart breaks, it gather itself like a clock about to strike. It might even be said one pulls himself together to disintegrate.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Are you pro- or anti-macassar?

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The writer can only explore the inner space of his characters by perceptively navigating his own.

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox.