When I get the point, I often don't know what to do with it.

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.

Depression is a sign of strength – because it means no matter how weak your mind might be to you, your heart is still strong enough to feel.

I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.

You look like you bin whupped with a ugly stick.

Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.

Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.

You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.

You have a challenge; never quit!

Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo.

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?