Manly men and womanly women are still here but feeling nervous.

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.

...wear a hat and some old lady shoes, and you can do whatever you want.

ASK YOURSELF: Are you presenting yourself in the best of all lights, online and off, and demonstrating the dignity of good manners? Make sure of it! If not, it may come back to haunt you.

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

We have a God who delights in impossibilities.

We only hurt others because we don't love ourselves. Learning to truly love yourself changes your relationship with everyone.

I'm not like a voracious hoarder who has 50,000 albums of vinyl stacked in a storage space in the San Fernando Valley. But I do have albums from the last 40 years of my life.

It's not what happens, it's what you do that determines your future.

Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.

A home isn’t only defined by what you need, Bram. It’s also about the people who need you

It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure.'