What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.
I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.
The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.
Luxury is. . . to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.
Some days are good; some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.
I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.
I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and my fountain pen are ready for use. I try to write two pages every day.
When you're little, time stretches obligingly, and vacation is forever.
To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.
The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care.