As ever, you vainly grasp at diaphanous vastness while the tangible turns to mist in your hands. - Matt Hughes

I realized that Chumblot’s brief had told only the official story which, as in many sophisticated societies, departed starkly from the practical facts.

The insane had a tendency to cloak others in the strange garments they found hanging in the backs of their own mental wardrobes. So, for that matter, did the rest of us, but the consequences of error were usually less drastic.

"Wealth tends to generate wealth," he began.
I gave a qualified assent. "If it does not instead give birth to folly."