There are those who hold that there is a pattern to all that is said and done in this world, that no thing happens without reason nor out of time. As to that, I cannot speak, for I have seen too many threads cut short to believe it, but of a surety, I have seen too the weft of my fate shuttled on the loom. If there is a pattern, I do not think there is anyone among us who can stand at a great enough distance to discern it; yet I will not say that it is not so.

There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.

Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.

And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing.

A nervous silence loosens tongues

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.