Virtue Sometimes Pretends. Vice Is Always Sincere.

Malevolence Is Shameful But Satisfying.

Asceticism Without Religion Is Just Another Way Of Cultivating Peculiar Sensations.

Boast Quietly, With Decorum.

I Am Most Drawn To Writing When I Have Something Else Urgent To Do.

Paradise Endangered: Garden Snakes And Mice Are Appearing In The Shadowy Corners Of Dutch Old Master Paintings.