Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence allows it to preserve a milky density unknown even by clouds.... my cheeks recalled the effects of its profound caress.

...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.

I may be indigent in name, position, and in appearance, but in my own mind I am an unrivaled goddess -

Art is emotion without desire.

The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one's mouth that brings with it every pleasure. . . . a tomato, an adventure.

Maybe that's what being alive is about: so we can track down those movments that are dying.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.