We lie to reflect the aspirational goals that we unconsciously know we will not uphold

We lie to reflect the aspirational goals that we unconsciously know we will not uphold (Cortney S. Warren, Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception)

To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected

I mostly believe, deep in my bones, that life is very simply beyond description; regardless of what one makes of it, life always spills over the parameters of how anyone has chosen to define it