People who tearfully confide in you that their boyfriend’s behavior has been atrocious in recent months want you to agree, but not too enthusiastically.
Just because something is illegal doesn’t mean it is wrong.
Your past triumphs begin to mock you if you can’t repeat them.
If you can't have something, then you want it more.
You sometimes end up being grateful for something you initially regretted.
It’s not always easy to tell when Grape-Nuts become dried out and stale.
When a lion pulls down a randomly chosen zebra in a brutal gory attack, a ripple of alarm and concern passes through the entire herd. But soon each zebra is again searching for the choicest tuft of grass and expressing annoyance at the flies buzzing around its ears.
No matter how thoughtfully you remain attentive to matters of political and social import, you will be looked back upon as merely untroubled and naïve regarding major world events that occur after you die.
When you quit saying you don't like something and try it again, you sometimes find that you like it.
If you don't quit saying you don't like it though, you will never like it.
Distant cousins always think that their branch of the family is the main branch, and that you are just a distant cousin.
A good gnocci has the texture of a bad dumpling, and is considered good for that reason, while the dumpling is considered bad for that reason.
Progress usually isn't.
When mean people age, they look just like nice old people.
When you frantically accumulate things in endless acquisition, your former things are in the way and must be discarded. When you stop the constant buying, your old things take on new value and become treasures.