Austerity causes constipation; excess, diarrhea.
Fearful of sentimentality, I disown my tears and melting heart.
I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.
Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.
Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority.
Getting ready: the show girl scratches her breast and shakes out her feathers.