Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

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.

He looked so lost, so soulful, so lonely. I wanted him to kiss me now. I wanted to let him know I was his for all eternity.

It's not strength, it's PERCEPTION that makes you stronger. If you change how you SEE it, you'll change how you FEEL about it.

Though our conduct seems so very different from that of the higher animals, the primary instincts are much alike in them and in us.

How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!

Some of our writers are starting to incorporate elements of social media, etc. in the work itself, which is all for the good, I think - finding new ways of being poetic.

This whole moment is the groin Of a borborygmic giant who even now Is rolling over on us in his sleep.

The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.

School was not a place I enjoyed.

Don't depend on other people's encouragement. It's never enough and never when you need it.

The more you love, the more you suffer.