Most Reputations Are Not Ruined

Ideas About Life Organize Perception; Names Of Emotions Organize Sensations; Rules Of Syntax Organize Thought. But Pain Comes On Its Own.

Sincerity Guarantees Nothing But Itself.

The Critic Roams Through Culture, Looking For Prey.

A Sympathetic Look Always Makes Me Feel Sorry For Myself.

The Familiar Changes As We Cling To It.