Ironic and jittery, we are puzzled by the old heroes with their fighting, boasting, and cocksure lovemaking.
The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.
Heroes are born to be troublemakers.
Good deal: justice for you, mercy for me.
We do justice coldly, injustice hotly.
Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.
Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never.
A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one.
If I want my time wasted, I’ll waste it myself.
An imprudent enemy is less dangerous than an imprudent friend.
Jokes are unanswerable objections.
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.
Health foods make promises that only the Second Coming could fulfill.
We may eat dinner together, but everyone puts the food in his own mouth.
In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
I may forget my dignity, but you may not.
No dignity without distance.
Violence stops thought. Hence its popularity as a pain-killer.
As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.
I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.