Truth usually stammers at first.

Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it.

Sleepy-head is no longer aroused by tragic imaginings.

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive.

Loving, not the beloved, is the joy of love. The beloved, knowing this, most resolutely declines to be grateful.

Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?