Dance is the most intimate art, the most unbrainy art, because it is done wholly with the body, which is so limited in its ability to speak anything but the truth.

Alcohol may also persuade us that we have found the truth about life, a comforting experience rarely available in the sober hour.

The virtue of a piece is the writer’s thoughts.

Life is more fun if you play games.

The same bourgeois magic everywhere the mail train sets you down.

Never be afraid to ask. The worst you'll get is 'No', but maybe you'll get a 'Yes'.

The best endings resonate because they echo a word, phrase, or image from earlier in the story, and the reader is prompted to think back to that reference and speculate on a deeper meaning.

Worry is belief gone wrong. Because you don't believe that God will get it right. But peace - peace is belief that exhales. Because you believe that God's provision is everywhere - like air.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

E-mail importance is defined by the receiver, not the sender.

I grew up rock climbing.

Money can't buy you happiness but it can pay for the plastic surgery.

Political scientists have often described Gaullism as a sort of Bonapartism. I myself have occasionally compared Sarkozy to Napoleon Bonaparte.