Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.

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.

Be as fierce as a lion. Let the world hear you roar.

Got caught in the rain, I see, " - Isabelle Lightwood

The woods decay, the woods decay and fall.

If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.

We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.

It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in th' eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark.

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.