True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.
The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish.
The only peace is being out of earshot.
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
Reason is sight. Instinct is touch. Intuition is smell.
I tried self-sacrifice a couple of times in my youth.