Nobody's really paying that much attention to your massive personal dramas.

Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-ins with Parisian waiters, or... you know... all that unpleasantness surrounding the Vichy regime.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

Let your conscience be your guide.

So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.

Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction.

I want to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of balancing the two. It was only later, after admitting this dream, that I noticed the happy coincidence that all these countries begin with the letter I. A fairly auspicious sign, it seemed, on a voyage of self-discovery.