Is perception equivalent to existence?

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Be there a picnic for the devil, an orgy for the satyr, and a wedding for the bride.

Our journeys are different but we can share the same well traveled path during parts of our excursion. Small victories win wars not single battles.

Ain't no use jiving, ain't no use joking, everything is broken.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb?

You are such a chick.” I widened my eyes in mock surprise. “No way. Are you sure?

Each body has its art.

I have always believed that if we do well, we must also do something to help others in society.

What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.