All our fears have come to pass: we are doomed but have nothing left to fear.

Mocking the men who hurt us, as mockable as they are, starts to feel like acquiescing to the most condescending of catcalls: “You look better when you smile.”

The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.

A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.