The Young Are Amazed When They Suffer.

If I Could Do My Life Over, I Would Try To Cleanse At Least My Pleasures Of Self-pity.

Intelligence Is Predatory, But Full Of Fastidiousness And Frights.

Commerce Is Greedy. Ideology Is Blood-thirsty.

The Novelty We Want Is Always Close To The Familiar.

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.