I don't smile. Why tempt her to friendship?

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.

But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

You can think clearly only with your clothes on.

We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?

Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.

How furious she must be, now that she's been taken at her word.

To want is to have a weakness.

To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Surgery is just stabbing in a courteous environment

Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free.

Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

Leave them wanting more and you know theyll call you back.

I think I was a feminist before the word was invented.

I have friends who are Roman Catholics. I have friends who are Lutherans.

Smart beauty is about looking your best and feeling your best and never overpaying for it.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.