Intelligence in isolation turns to aimless marauding.

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.

She was damaged because she had no one, and he was damaged because neither did he.

Hurry wounds a questioning soul.

The Satanist realizes that man, and the action and reaction of the universe, is responsible for everything, and doesn't mislead himself into thinking that someone cares.

It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]

A banker is a person who is willing to make you a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't need it.

Just so you know: if a rakshasa shows up, I left my sword in the car.

A vegan diet is one of the best things you can do for your health and the well being of our planet.

Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn't have a happy ending - but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we'd all be under gravestones now.

Imagine what Masaccio or Leonardo would have done if they had an instrument with which they could point, push a button, and get an image.

America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.