The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.

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.

A child's death isn't always necessary for a mother to grieve.

[s]he was a compulsive pessimist, always looking for the soft brown spot in the fruit, pressing so hard she created it.

I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.

It is silly to drain others; for when you drain others, you also pick up their vibratory force.

If man is not special, if he's not deeply different from any other thing, then there's no good reason not to treat him just like any other thing when it's convenient for us to do so.

For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.

Isn't it amazing that God gives breath to a man who is going to blaspheme Him all day!

You are not making the change because you are a bad person and you are doing it wrong. You make changes because you love yourself and you want to improve the quality of your life.

It is fear that first brought gods into the world.

Your body gets old but your mind can always accept that.