I think we’re [men and women] more similar. In that we all deal with our fantasy lives and sometimes are disappointed by reality.

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

I thought of the nameless inventor of the bathtub. I was somehow sure it was a woman. And was the inventor of the bathtub plug a man?

... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?

My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.

What makes a Man love Death, Fanny? Is it because he hopes to avert his own by watchin' the Deaths of others? Doth he hope to devour Death by devourin' Executions with his Eyes? I'll ne'er understand it, if I live to be eight hundred Years. The Human Beast is more Beast than Human, 'tis true.

Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage is an acquired taste like caviar. Trust all joy. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. Get ready to be 87.