The parade was here, but it disappeared around a corner.

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.

Proper deformity shows not in the fiendSo horrid as in woman.

It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration.

An unjust world represented as harmonious is a political position.

The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself.

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.

Constancy is the chimera of love.

We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

They've been a thorn in our side, but we're playing for more than just revenge. We're coming out and playing for the Big Ten tournament championship. If we beat them, that'll be great.