My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.

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.

I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey." -Hardy Cates

Don't vote for Republicans or Democrats until they clean up the open system of bribery that we live under.

You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did.

An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.

Let him think is I am more man than I am and I will be so.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid.

I follow my inner star. I AM a shining example of Love and Light.

The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.

Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.