Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn't care whether flesh is withered or fresh; it caresses aged flesh and firm flesh with equal love.

Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm.

the gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Food is my drug of choice.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.