“Literature sustains life because it captures death in its forward march. Clickety-clickety-clack, the wheels go round and round ...”

“In the act of creation, as in all the arts, the soul should be felt in the face and the fingers and the tongue, even in the cavities.”

“The mist after rain, uninterrupted rainfall on rooftops, pitter-patter intellect. The thoughts I leave behind like footsteps.”

“You need to understand that you are not your appearance or your body”

“Women do not give a very favorable estimate of their appearance”

“It is complexes that prevent women with a good appearance from adequately assessing themselves”

“Its one thing to be an undead fiend of darkness, but it takes an immense amount of work to look cool while doing it.”

“What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”