Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter.

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.

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

Smile as often as possible and love as much as you can ❤ In the end...the heart felt memories you leave behind is all that really counts!

Change your thoughts to change your reality.

More of life seems to live inside us than out. Happiness is when you connect both of them.

The traditional Sanskrit learning has given to Brahaman community of Kashmir, small as it has been always, a distinguished place in the history of Sanskrit literature since early times.

By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again.

Cats know not how to pardon.

In these days people take up with each other and drop each other too easily. Pleasure is practiced like a sport, and the easy game of love leads to the dissolution of the feeling of love.

I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.