One of the many problems with aging is that you begin to think of yourself as a slob because your birthday suit can never be cleaned or pressed no matter how spotted or wrinkled it gets

Her smile was like a Samuel Beckett play - easy to read but difficult to interpret.

clouds very high looknot one word helped them get up there

All public projects are mausoleums, not always in shapes, but always in cost.

The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent's handshake.

The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home.

I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him.

It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.

The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.

Thou weedy elf-skinned canker-blossom!