I reject all evidence that my fabulous beloved is an ordinary person who worries, watches TV, and has bouts of indigestion.

Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.

Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

Laughter scares off lust.

Rebuttals never alter desire.

Lovers always believe one another's sleight-of-hand tricks.

After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.