Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved

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.

Plans are fragile things, and life often dashes expectations to the ground.

You have to look at your life, as a person who must walk with the many, but develop yourselve to be one on the few

Not hammer strokes but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.

If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?

We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love.

Design isn't just about making things beautiful; it's also about making things work beautifully.

The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone.

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art.