Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.
I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy.
In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.
Every representation, even of an orgy, is a sublimation.
Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.
Metaphors convince at once or not at all.
In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.
Facts do not give advice.
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.
The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice.
Reclusive? The inner city will secure your privacy better than any desert cave.
The beginning sets the rules.
A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.
Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere.
Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.
Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself.
My struggles with myself seldom reach aerobic level.
The depressed fall back exhausted from every undertaking.
When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.
I trust you because I need you.
Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.
Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.
Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.
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