Where to start is the problem, because nothing begins when it begins and nothing's over when it's over, and everything needs a preface: a preface, a postscript, a chart of simultaneous events.

“All myths are stories, but not all stories are myths: among stories, myths hold…”

“I guess you get all my money, I said. And I'm not even dead. I was trying for a…”

“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.”

“Why hyphenate, why parenthesize, unless absolutely necessary?”