A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as "rewarding.
The soul is no longer honored as it once was, but it still keeps appetite from being the measure of all things.
Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.
Malevolence is shameful but satisfying.
The villain may be good looking, but his smile is never quite right.
I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.
As desire recedes, the world becomes clear, pale, and empty.
Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.
Rebuttals never alter desire.
Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.
The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.
I am kept in bondage by the moles of my beloved.
Desire is wakeful; satisfaction dozes.
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.
Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.
Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.
The cow's point of view deserves more literary attention.
Treat unhappiness as a defect and fewer would embrace it.
Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness.
The unhappy are prisoners of a single round of thought.
I wish you joy of your unhappiness, since you cling to it so.
New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way.
Why is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles?
In New York, one must collapse to be indolent.
