Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.
Denial of one appetite sharpens the others.
Swindlers are notoriously gullible.
Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.
We understand through resemblance.
If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.
I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.
Supermarkets depict abundance; boutiques exclusiveness; roadside stands authenticity.
Complainers detest each other.
Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!
The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.
A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.
The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.
Insecurity is not just a state of mind.
I obey my own commands about as often as others do.
Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments.
You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want.
The little suckings and smackings of the perversions are the sounds of joyous infancy.
Grandiosity lessens as work proceeds.
The suburbs: signs of life, but no proofs.