A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling.
The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.
Fear regulates. Appetite impels.
Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale.
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth