To avoid taking responsibility, I become unresponsive but hang on until the other person leaves me.

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.

Come on guys, you cant fight like this forever""Actually, " Simon said, raising his hand, "I can".Jace made a weird noise and I realized he was trying not to laugh-which by the way, wasn't working.

Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.

Twenty-four years ago I went through a profound conversion of heart and God led me to the Catholic Church. A few years later I felt Him calling me to start a Bible study program.

All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.

A man who says that men are machines may be a great scientist. A man who says he is a machine is 'depersonalized' in psychiatric jargon.

I hate when people ask me to: "Massage the data".

Life isn't about living without problems. Life is about solving problems.

I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.