The Price We Have Paid For Expecting

How Generous Was It To Offer Gifts To People One Knew Would Never Accept Them?

A Notorious Inability To Express Emotions Makes Human Beings The Only Animals Capable Of Suicide.

A Virtuous, Ordinary Life, Striving For Wisdom But Never Far From Folly, Is Achievement Enough.

Taking Photographs Can Assuage The Itch For Possession Sparked By The Beauty Of A Place; Our Anxiety Over Losing A Precious Scene Can Decline With Every Click Of The Shutter.

The Mind May Be Reluctant To Think Properly When Thinking Is All It Is Supposed To Do; The Task Can Be As Paralysing As Having To Tell A Joke Or Mimic An Accent On Demand.