Funerals prove that someone is really gone.

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.

Sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago" [Without learning, life is but the image of death]

Stop trying to explore what is different about yourselves and explore the commonality you have instead.

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

If there is one area where equity is crucial and essential, I think it should be the issue of water.

God is not blind; neither is He capricious. For Him there are no accidents. With God there are no cases of chance events.

This is a collaborative enterprise," she says. "You have to surround yourself with good people and help them to do what they do well, as opposed to micromanaging.

Drink wine, and live here blitheful while ye may; The morrow's life too late is; live to-day.

For twenty years I read a book a day, from the time I was seven until I was twenty-seven.

A true friend is the gift of God, and He only who made hearts can unite them.