Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive.

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.

Being faithful in the smallest things is the way to gain, maintain, and demonstrate the strength needed to accomplish something great.

I will call Guido if i need to

Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.

Learn to keep close to [Jesus], to listen to His voice, and follow Him.

Atheism deprives superstition of its stand ground, and compels Theism to reason for its existence.

If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon.

Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?

I, like most women, I dress for other women, I think. If I was going to dress for men, I think in general I would be just wearing, like, a fitted black T-shirt and tight jeans every day.

Music is the reaching out towards the utmost realities by means of ordered sound.