unpleasant surprise

The happiest people are not the ones who accept the inevitability of death, rather the happiest are those who react to death as though it was an unpleasant surprise.

dance it out

What I like most about dancing is that I’m least myself in the act.

comes round

The chief’s headdress was modelled after a roulette wheel.

the way back

He was one to turn on a heel at the verge of an abyss, then looking back over the wasteland he’d traveled, started walking.

instrumental

Someone with a guitar can always keep their household warm.

intimacies of exercise

Perhaps the greatest benefit of exercise is that it reconnects the mind and body in a way that could be described as intimate if not sexual. After exercise the mind and body share a release similar to satisfied lovers.

divine thinking

Often it’s the non-believer who spends more time thinking about God than does his faithful counterpart.