The underlying logic of sacrifice was always the same: In order to gain the god's goodwill, destroy what you value most.

Tragedy allowed the audience to experience intense, sometimes disturbing emotions that could not be experienced in real life without terrible cost.

A man holy duty is to love a woman.

What bothered me was all of the time he wasted by drumming, and all the time I wasted by listening to him drum, by taking pleasure in it, for pleasure is almost always a waste of time.

It is not good not to have health insurance that leaves the family very vulnerable.

You know," Clary said, "most psychologists agree that hostility is really just sublimated sexual attraction.

But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.

Those who practice lower sorcery hurt themselves the most because they interact with negative thoughts and apply power to them; they devastate their own consciousness and their own lives.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process.

I'm sporting some really blonde hair because I live in Hollywood and I'm an actress.

I must beware of the photo, get what I can of it and then go.