We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.

“white magic is black magic. a less than perfect meddling in the spiritual world…”

“As we live our precarious lives on the brink of the void, constantly coming clo…”

“However, on one occasion, several years ago, I was idiot enough to take a dose …”

“Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.”