To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.
The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish.
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.
Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.
Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.