To be better it is first necessary to pretend to be; and objections to improvement often masquerade as objections to pretense.
Sep 042013
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Aug 062013
Certain qualities — skepticism, iconoclasm, willpower — are fixed in quantity, and must be apportioned wisely.
Jul 082013
We can all be replaced, and we all are.
Jul 012013
Elision is the mother of decision.
Jun 282013
As sympathy broadens, it also shallows.
May 132013
We all want to be happy, just not at the expense of the qualities that make us unhappy.
Apr 242013
Personality varies like men’s fashion — a quarter-inch of width in the tie or length in the cuff.
Apr 192013
So much to unlearn, so little time.
Apr 112013
Hatred and envy are always sincere.
Apr 102013
The lives of desperation that most men lead at least used to be quiet.