Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.

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's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.

Reinvent yourself as often as you'd like. There's no limit on the possible YOUS you can be.

She loosened her grip on his hair and lightly scraped her fingernails over his cheek to his incredible lips."I could kiss you all day."Laith's gaze intensified."All right.

Never feed someone else's dream, you will only remain as a ghost in their vision.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Mysticism is the acceptance that everything cannot be logically explained.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

Six feet three in her stocking feet, LWren Scott was every inch a great lady.

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the Beloved. Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire.

This would, at a stroke, reducetherise in prices, increase productivity, and reduce unemployment.