He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Art must take reality by surprise.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

I always believe things are going to work out.

End your journey well. Don’t waste your life, and don’t be satisfied with anything less than God’s plan.

Battling busyness is a community response.

Aging and its evidence remain life's most predictable events, yet they also remain matters we prefer to leave unmentioned, unexplored.

You cannot solve current problems with current thinking. Current problems are the result of current thinking.

I'm kind of like, "never say never."

Anything you want for life is available to you, the universe is just waiting for you to take the necessary action(s) before it gives you what you want.

Hope lights a candle instead of cursing the darkness.

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

There is clearly much left to be done, and whatever else we are going to do, we had better get on with it.

I can't sleep. Too many thoughts running through my useless head.