We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us.

Clothes do not make the man; friends and engagement with life do.

The god that you dispense with today, will come back as a demon tomorrow.

There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.

The Egyptians had a particularly nasty way of getting rid of people they felt had no consequence. Instead of embalming them, they simply constructed a fake mummy made from old strips of linen wrapped around a dummy of mud. If, in our modern world, you feel that there are a lot of "mud mummies" around you, get rid of the mud.

To extend oneself does not necessarily mean to have an erection.

Fashion is the art of making the unimportant indispensable.