A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

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

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

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

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.

Just once, he looks back at Arsay, and I feel like an entire encyclopedia of information and words is exchanged between them. I wish I could speak telepathy too.

Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

That was your bad, how could you pass up on em? He just take them records and he gas up on em.

The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.

Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant.

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

We were among Hoover's conduits to the American people.

Everyone has to blame something for the way the world is.