As night falls, every joy glows brighter.

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.

God transforms us one area at a time.

Decision and choices define life.

I'd rather be stung to death by a bunch of piss ants. ~Synola Harper, You're Busting My Nuptials

The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.

In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.

Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique.

The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.

I'm fussy. I'm stubborn. I want all the little details and I don't want to look like anyone else - that to me is very important.

It is not the business of science to inherit the earth, but to inherit the moral imagination; because without that, man and beliefs and science will perish together.

It is universally accepted that an admission of atheism would be instant political suicide for any (U.S.) presidential candidate.