'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

The beloved is the ultimate fetish.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.