So sadness is a place?' Giovanni asked. 'Sometimes people live there for years,'I said.

I've been screwed and sued and tattooed, and I'm still standin' here in front of you.

By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own mysterious reasons.

But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.

Your tears are my prayers.

You have no idea how strong my love is!

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.