Most Reputations Are Not Ruined But Forgotten.

Romantics Consider Common Sense Vulgar.

Sex Is Not Imaginary, But It Is Not Quite Real Either.

Curiosity, Easily Frightened, Takes Refuge In Puzzles, Murder Mysteries, And Spectator Sports.

The Facts, Even The Real Ones, Must Be Imagined Before They Can Be Stated.

Nostalgia Keeps Dissolving The Ironic Narratives In Which I Have Contained My Past.