spring outerwear

It was that time in spring when the optimists donned light jackets while pessimists refused to put away their down.

one and the same

The patriarchy is religion.

to a better place

He wondered if he could enter hospice care without a terminal illness, and how long before they'd notice he hadn’t died.

future perfect

We improve by moving morally ahead, and by avoiding the retrospective trap of trying to correct the past.