I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.

Interestingly, anger and lust are also elusive states once they have passed. Trying to recall why you were angry about something when you've calmed down is like trying to remember why you were in love with someone who no longer attracts you: the initial impulse triggering the emotion is impossible to recapture.

My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop.

I personally translated the word 'vendetta' as Italian for 'What do you mean, "you want to see other women"?

I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.

Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time.

Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch.