9 quotes found
“Nature is subtle and complex.”
“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..”
“...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.”
“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!”
“And I will close my eyes and prepare myself so that they can unscrew my head and allow the map to slip into my lacunae. So that I can be filled and braced from the inside and fortified for the voya...”
“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.”
