Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.

The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.

I think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?

Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.

A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.

Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.