People, houses, streets, animals, flowers-everything in Holland looks as if it were washed and ironed each night in order to glisten immaculately and newly starched the next morning.
The Americans, of course, are quite dotty with hospitality.
My outlook was so limited that I assumed that all deviates were openly despised and rejected. Their grief and their fear drew my melancholy nature strongly. At first I only wanted to wallow in their misery, but, as time went by, I longed to reach its very essence. Finally I desired to represent it. By this process I managed to shift homosexuality from being a burden to being a cause. The weight lifted and some of the guilt evaporated.
When asked to give advice, I do of course give it, because I give whatever I am asked to give.
The absolute nothingness of death is a blessing. Something to look forward to.
One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.
The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas. What litanies the advertisers of the good life chanted at you! What curious catechisms!
Discord need not be an impediment. Differences can bring strength.
I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children.
Think of God more often than thou breathest.