Max, stop it, stop it, I can't stand it!! My dear--no, you're not perfect, of course--but oh, you are so...so...
oh, I'm too wrought up to think...intelligent; and
knowledgeable--I wonder if anyone is really aware of the entire depth of your knowledge. And what's so impressive to me, Dear Heart, is that so many of the things you know, you have not had anyone teach you: you simply have the verve, the desire, and the ability to find them out on your own. And are generous enough to share freely with someone like myself, who is ignorant of so many things.
You are in no way "sad", or "annoying" or "clumsy", or any of the other awful things you put, in the way you use language, my dear. Trust me on that.