Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.

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.

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.

Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.

Daring life!

I am working far away from my family and every day I dreams about returning home and be with them. Is there an end for my dream or else, is it a continuous dream?".

A man has only one escape from his old self — to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

Anybody who has ever "gotten it" by following some so-called method, has gotten it in spite of the method, not because of it.

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.