I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort

But don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.

Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.

It is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of.

The only truth is that I live. Sincerely, I live. Who am I? Well, that's a bit much.

Do you ever suddenly find it strange to be yourself?

Do you know that hope sometimes consists only of a question without an answer?

There it is, the sea, the most incomprehensible of non-human existences.

Her curiosity instructed her more than the answers she was given.

Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?

Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting

The ninth gift is Reverence. May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.

For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many." - Which Macabre

Generosity is often the stalking horse of control.

My life would be constrained by the horror and fierce rage that my appearance inspired, but I would know peace as well as fear, tenderness as well as brutality, and even love in a time of cruelty.

Salutations; it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning

Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over how to draw such things.

Don't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways.

I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.

Never let the church become a place where it's just a Las Vegas display place for you to show off.

I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice.