“Sex'' is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other”
“The thunder of false modesty was deafening.”
“Sex mirrored our drinking; both defined our relationship: selfish, detached, indulgent and satisfying.”
“False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path is folly—and could be deadly in battle.”
“There is no conceit equal to false modesty, and there is nopolitics like antipolitics”
“Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.”