Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?

In New York, one must collapse to be indolent.

Money: power at its most liquid.

Both faith and cynicism make judgment too easy.

Boast quietly, with decorum.

Do as you like--if you know what it is.

Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.