I pursue pleasure, but stingily, suspiciously.

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.

Shine and shimmer my Harvest Moon, illuminate the shadows in the sky.

The most beautiful soul is the soul in love!

Your personal will is the web your disease sits and spins in. The will you call your own ceased to be yours as of who knows how many Substance-drenched years ago.

If you would be a writer, first be a reader

We're all forgotten sooner or later. But not films. That's all the memorial we should need or hope for.

I don't think I'm always right, but I would like to empower people to come to sound conclusions using a systematic way of looking at things.

God is the author of the Bible, and only the truth it contains will lead people to true happiness.

Dedicated to: You. There will never be another like you. For me...you are the one. Yeah, I don't have enough words for this.

Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp.