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

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.

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.

But what reality was ever made by realists?

Cancer may have blindsided you, but it didn't blindside God.~ Strength Renewed

When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death.

I really need a gin and tonic.

Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

In the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence. I think there's going to be a great deal of regional variation throughout the UK.

Listen, be respectful of others' opinions, be willing to change your mind - and then ultimately you have to make the decision. Decisiveness is very important.

Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.

I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.