Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.

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.

People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.

You're absolutely gorgeous. But you look too empty." Holding her gaze he slid his thumbs in to circle the rim of her opening. "Want something to fill you up?

We must not... ignore the small daily differences we can make which over time add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Opening a family-style restaurant with comfort food like mac 'n' cheese, ribs and burgers has always been my dream.

I was asking about lust, wasnʼt I? I was fairly certain of it. But isnʼt love supposed to come before lust? It does in the dictionary.

Never get so stuck in being responsible and mindful that you can't let it all go and run off chasing your private dream, if it leads to the shiny worlds, the worlds of beauty.

The last refuge of intolerance is in not tolerating the intolerant.

I have never given up on men easily.

It Is possible to live in peace.

The room was darker and smelled of evergreen, as though my mother had been dreaming of trees.