Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.

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.

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.

He could lose himself in the copper warmth of her eyes. Except, no, this wasn't losing himself. This was finding something precious.

Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.

Part of her doing suicide intervention is my caseworker has to mix me another gin and tonic.

Hindsight is good, foresight is better; but second sight is best of all.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man.

The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

Try to stick to free weights as much as possible as they work the stabilizers as well as the main muscles being targeted!