Dreams surround our desires with ugliness and dread.

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.

Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

Coming up with a funny joke is like falling in love: It can hit you any time, anywhere. Having said that, the more you put yourself out there, the better your odds will be.

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.

Perhaps I am not I even if my little dog knows me but anyway I like what I have and now it is today.

Everyone leaves the world a little better some by leaving.

Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.

School's a weird thing. I'm not sure it works.

Hate speech is in the ear of the beholder.

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.