When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short.

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.

Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.

No experience is wasted. It is the stepping stones for a great success.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.

Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.

The world is a mess. The world is as angry as it gets.

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. "Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it.

An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.

Once you accept an idea, it's an idea whose time has come.