Commerce Is Greedy. Ideology Is Blood-thirsty.

Alone, I Am Satisfied With Myself. With Others, I Am Beset By Troubling Comparisons.

Perversity Depends On Reversal And Substitution.

Most Self-laceration Is More Noisy Than Painful.

The Young Are Amazed When They Suffer.

Flattery Has To Overcome My Mistrust, And It Does.