The Novelty We Want Is Always Close

Neat Trick: To Be Roused To Ambition And Reconciled To One's Mediocrity At The Same Time.

Even Alone We Go On Justifying Ourselves.

Metaphysics Keeps Surviving Its Obituaries.

Cheap Thrill: Moral Outrage Revels In Its Own Innocence And In The Guilt Of The Wicked Others.

In New York, Pretending To Be Above The Struggle Means No Seat On The Bus And A Table Next To The Kitchen.