The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. We forget about it. We even forget we have hearts until the next time. And then we wonder how we ever could have forgotten. We think this one is better, because, in fact, we cannot fully remember the time before.

Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.

Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.

The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.

The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.

I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.