Victimization has its privileges, and I want some.

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.

High school is worse than having to swim through multiple prahana filled lakes- and that's before the truckload of homework.

If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.

I think God always has the best for us.

The disciples found angels at the grave of Him they loved; and we should always find them too, but that our eyes are too full of tears for seeing.

For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously.

I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.

I healed. Not completely. A scar is never the same as good flesh, but it stops the bleeding.

You develop patience that enables you to wait gracefully and gratefully until the best arrives because you know it will.

Education always continues. We all know that beauty fades, but what stays is a person's personality, their sense of humor, their wit, what they're interested in. That's what really shines.

Computers are only capable of a certain kind of randomness because computers are finite devices.