The best hand always believes in playing by the rules.

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.

... we can know with confidence that God sees us. He hears us. He knows us and feels our pain. He loves us and He acts on our behalf.

Reason has always been obliterated by the sensation of profound solitude, perhaps that is why we replace the aching of isolation with the anguish of abuse.

After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.

Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances.

Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather.

Making my English better is a hard job, a slow job. But it's getting better. Three years ago it would have taken me a half hour to say this sentence.

Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory forests, farewell.

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

When you bring an idea that has no merit to me, and you ask me to comment on it, I'm going to tell you it has no merit.

I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.