The desire to perform impedes conversation.

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 all take a different path to the same place. Why we took the path we did will always be a mystery.

Dreaming is what you do when your eyes are closed...living is what you do with that dream once you open your eyes!

The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words.

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

Most of them don't know what communism is, could not pick it out of a lineup. They only know what anticommunism is. The two are practically unrelated.

There is nothing more shameful than perfidious friendship.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

The knowledge of reincarnation assures us that life is worth living. Life is not a one-shot deal. It is forever.

I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want 'there' to be.

For some people, being free means being free to keep their feet on someone else's chest.