So you thought you'd come back, my wicked one. Where have you been?" "In hell," said Titus. "Swigging blood and munching scorpions." "That must have … - Mervyn Peake

For Peake, the weight of moral standards comes from their being part of a tradition, and any tradition lies outside the individual’s potential and needs. Thus adherence to a morality impedes development of the whole self and denies real maturity.

I am a beggar."
"You are a travesty," said Titus, "and when you die the earth will breathe again.

Leave the stronger
and the lesser
things to me!
Lest that conger
named Vanessa
who is longer
than a dresser
visits thee.