The sentimental want to be thrilled by everything.

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.

He was beautiful in a way that pierced the heart. He was beautiful in the way the universe had been made, from darkness and silence into light and song.

Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention.

The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

When a man, a woman, see their little daily tasks as integral portions of the one great work, they are no longer drudges but co-workers with God.

My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible.

Every work of art is an abstraction from time; it denies the reality of change and decay and death.

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

And a flower, doesn't even know it's own beauty it's entire life. Sad, huh?

Imagine you were flowing with energy and confidence, free of doubt and fear.

Life is amazing. Live it to the fullest. Stay as long as you can.