Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses 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.

She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink.

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.

Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions.

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

I don't think commercialization is the answer to anything. It's just one more facet of Linux, and not the deciding one by any means.

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.