Once you are a butterfly, you can really love – thekind of love that makes anew life. It’s better than allthe hugging caterpillars cando.

How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

Stripe felt frozen. To be so high and not high at all!It only looked good from the bottom.

"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked pensively. "You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

Most people desire comfort and pleasure.

Hot passion is a bit like infatuation – it burns brightly, but fades quickly.

I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time -- a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.

We cannot carry our father's corpse with us everywhere we go.

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.