To make a thought my own, I must think it often.

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.

Peace is a blue skyWith gentle and kind breezeFilled with love and joyWhich we can dwell and share.

I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again, ” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.

The smaller the drink the clearer the head.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

If it's really so wonderful that both partners have to work to make a living to pay for their house, for health insurance, someone is obviously going to get the short end of the stick.

I wish I had met you first. Before we met them.

There's something about live recordings now that's too hi-fi.

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

The honester the man, the worse luck.

I think we live in a pluralistic society where we have to get along with each other and show common grace to each other.