Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.

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.

I've learned that in order to be an efficacious woman with any sort of spiritual power, I first have to love my body.

See the bigger picture of yours and refuse the passport size creature that people think you are! Your nature is large

People don’t want to be millionaires — they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.

he who feeds you, controls you

I've learned... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

Joy and pain, they are but two arteries of the one heart that pumps through all those who don't numb themselves to really living.

Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be forgotten.

Bleeding feet will bond us.

A small compassionate act enlarges the scope of community.

If I had to choose, it would be dancing. Dancing is my first passion and it's gotten me where I am today.