Never lie in writing.

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'm not likely to forget someone slapping my butt with a big piece of wood.

God made a whole beautiful earth and decided to put you in it, to experience all of this beauty. You can't do that watching television all the time.

Work for your own soul's sake.

It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.

Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.

America is the only country in the world where you can burn the flag but can't tear the tag off the mattress.

I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.

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