Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
The real reality is always just around the corner.
Orgies are an early form of what will someday become sex by committee.
The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation.
Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
Like love, destruction can be ecstatic.