Leisure Unmasks Our Weaknesses.

Habit Keeps My Life Going, With Occasional Pushes From Desire.

An Illicit Love Affair Seems Sweetly Old-fashioned In The Age Of One Night Stands And Orgies.

Realism Absorbs The Ideal By Adding A Few Small Imperfections. Example: It Paints A Few Specks Of Mud On The White Gown Of The Lady In The Garden.

The Ninety Percent Of Human Experience That Does Not Fit Into Established Narrative Patterns Falls Into Oblivion.

I Was Once In Love With Books. Now They Go Their Way And I Go Mine.