Ambiguity is a loss of any sensitivity to the distinction between genuine understanding and superficial chatter.
Ambiguity is a form of inauthenticity (structured temporally by the present) characterized by the inability to tell what is idle talk or mere curiosity, and what is indeed deep.
Appearance is often a domain in which it is revealed that we are not satisfied with real life... we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
Appearance is everything — A cock is fine by reason of its feathers and a man by reason of his wealth.
Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.
Camouflage is a protective mechanism used by the vulnerable to blend in with the background, as with certain insects, military personnel, or white people who use phrases like "I can dig it" when addressing an African-American audience.
Camouflage is a clothing pattern that makes you blend in when you're in the woods, but when you're not it does just the opposite. It's like, 'Hey, there's an asshole'.
21 concepts in this pillow book.