Self-esteem is not based on itself.
Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
I reject all evidence that my fabulous beloved is an ordinary person who worries, watches TV, and has bouts of indigestion.
The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.
My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.