Nobody can be so beautiful from the outside and so hollow from inside. Not even in a third-rate novel.

...a butterfly is like the soul of a person, it dries out in captivity.

Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift.

Marriage is holy and it's private.

In a state of pseudo-death you restore your substance.

We all have to do things in this life that we don't like.

Nature is subtle and complex.

..we all have to do things in this life that we don't like..

First smile!! An unseasonal little shower of rain fell here, and a lot of butterflies drowned, so we put them in the sun and they came back to life, and flew up and then Agaat SMILED!

Well, I am something, Ma, you hissed, I am not nothing, I am somebody and I know what I want from life and I know what to do to get it. I will provide for myself.

In real life, second chances are rare. I therefore advise you to take every single chance very seriously.

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

I am optimistic that humanity is going to make it, that humanity is going to reach, finally, a new state of consciousness which will then create a different kind of world.

I think love is huge, overwhelming. I think it's terrible and beautiful.

I love Gershwin. I love musicals.

If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.

I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think.

I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I can't predict.

Love without friendship is like a kite, aloft only when the winds are favorable. Friendship is what gives love its wings.

I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.