Ironic And Jittery, We Are Puzzled By

In Youth, Love And Art. In Age, Investments And Antiques.

Sentimentality Is The Respect The Cold-hearted Pay To Feeling.

The Aphorism Offers A Momentary Sense Of Mastery Over Some Confusion Or Unhappiness.

Spirituality Now Wanders From Sex To Drugs To Art To Revolution To Violence--whatever Seems To Promise Deliverance From The Quotidian.

After Sixty, The Self-questioning Of Middle Age Is Obsolete.