Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.

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.

Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.

Life is beautifully tragic. Giving it up isn't the hard part

More modern poetry is written than read.

Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.

For the man who thought he was Man there is no salvation.

I'm not terribly sentimental.

It's just a relief, really. I'm scared to die, but I want to die.

Humans have a talent for escalation. -Death

I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.

Buddhism helps people to overcome pain. The deepest pain that Chinese people feel now is the pain of separation from loved ones, one of the eight pains in Buddhism.