Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

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.

The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now. Not for the person we were in the past.

I couldn't see anything beyond this. Beyond her. Beyond us. (Blaine)

‎The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.

On a daily basis, you must take more care of your mind than just money, money, money!

The problem with golf is I have to deal with a humiliation factor.

Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an infinite time ago