As desire recedes, the world becomes clear, pale, and empty.
Intelligence is predatory, but full of fastidiousness and frights.
Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think.
Every good time that goes on too long turns into a hell.
In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else.
Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.