If Anything Might Hurt Her,

...all Cynicism Masks A Failure To Cope.

An Aphorism Is A Generalization, Therefore Not Modern.

I Suppose I'd Had, By The Standards Of That Pre-permissive Time, A Good Deal Of Sex For My Age. Girls, Or A Certain Kind Of Girl, Liked Me; I Had A Car-not So Common Among Undergraduates In Those Days-and I Had Some Money. I Wasn't Ugly; And Even More Important, I Had My Loneliness, Which, As Every Cad Knows, Is A Deadly Weapon With Women. My 'technique' Was To Make A Show Of Unpredictability, Cynicism, And Indifference. Then, Like A Conjurer With His White Rabbit, I Produced The Solitary Heart.

Being An Atheist Is A Matter Not Of Moral Choice, But Of Human Obligation.

I Must Fight With My Weapons. Not His. Not Selfishness And Brutality And Shame And Resentment.