There was an indignant uproar after revelations that James Frey’s bestselling memoir *A Million Little Pieces* contains fabrications. Hearing about it prompted me to ruminate on whether there’s any such thing as a completely accurate account of *any* person’s life. My conclusion: no. In every autobiography and biography ever written, the author imaginatively strings together …
Fashion designer Ennio Capasa was asked if he found his work difficult. “If it wasn’t difficult I wouldn’t enjoy it,” he replied. That’s the kind of activity you will specialize in during the coming week, Aquarius. The more it stretches your capacity and forces you to dig deeper into yourself for stamina and willpower and …
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mohandas Gandhi
Happy Valentine Daze, Aquarius! The English novelist Julia Pardoe expressed an idea that would be useful for you to integrate into your thoughts about love in 2006. “In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, a donkey, and a nightingale,” she wrote. “Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.” Why is this …
Some grin and bear it; others smile and do it. -Unknown
Several of my friends have given names to their cars, and I know many other people who have bestowed appellations on their homes, their vacuum cleaners, their favorite trees, and their genitals. In Norse mythology, the god Thor affectionately called his magic golden hammer by the name Mjollnir. It so happens that this would be …