Passion cooks. Reason cleans.

Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.

The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.

Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.

Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.

As children, our protests availed little. As adults, the same.

To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.