At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection.

We cannot cure the evils of politics with politics.

I love the abstract, delicate, profound, vague, voluptuously wordless sensation of living ecstatically.

The bed must be a beautiful place, not only because you make love there but because you dream there as well.

I had a feeling that Pandora's box contained the mysteries of woman's sensuality, so different from a man's and for which man's language was so inadequate. The language of sex had yet to be invented. The language of the senses was yet to be explored.

I palliate the sufferings of others. yes I see myself as softening the blows, dissolving acids, neutralizing poisons, every moment of the day. I try to fulfill the wishes of others, to perform miracles. I exert myself performing miracles.

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.