Cruel impulses stir all about my kindly heart.

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.

Hate is loud. Love, however, is so pleasantly felt it has no need to be heard.

There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.

We're committed to making sure parents have affordable, quality early learning for their kids - there's no question about it.

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

I wrote 'The story of O' alone, for Dominique Aury, to interest him, to please him, to occupy him. I wasn't young, nor particularly pretty. I needed something which might interest a man like him.

A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.

Even though it's hard, it's easy.

The End is Nigh!" the man shouted. "Is there still time for hot chocolate?" Riley asked. The-End-is-Nigh guy blinked. "Ah, maybe, I don’t know.

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.

I’m a little worried about Edward… Can vampires go into shock? Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 7, p.129