People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different.

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.

I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.

Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now

Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?

We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have many more ways to say it?

There is nothing perfect...only life.

I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it.

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

For better or worse, honeybees are often much too busy to be bothered with personal reflection.

It's funny, because I did all of these interviews as soon as I had the baby, and they were asking questions, and I really didn't have an idea of anything, because I was so blurry.

The early bird gets the worm but the late bird doesn't even get the late worm.

There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.

There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe - this is in the interest of jobs in Europe.

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

There is no humane slaughter requirement for wild fish caught and killed at sea, nor, in most places, for farmed fish.

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.