Online Butterfly Encyclopedia Quotes & Sayings

I started with one squirt but didn't think that was enough, so I ended up accidentally spraying on six more. I went back to the beach to wait, smelling like a department-store tragedy. — T.J. Klune

Just once you might try to give me an answer that would please me, Lord Snow. — George R R Martin

They talk on about death, about boredom, they drink wine, they laugh, they have a good time, they are happy. — Milan Kundera

The greater the value of what we want, the greater the sacrifice we will have to make. — Jane Powell

The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get published. The average
or only slightly above average
detective story does ... Whereas the good novel is not at all the same kind of book as the bad novel. It is about entirely different things. But the good detective story and the bad detective story are about exactly the same things, and they are about them in very much the same way. — Raymond Chandler

Creative thought seems prone to flower in symbols before it ripens to fruit. — Maude Meagher

Is it intelligent to make ourselves miserable while living in the past, haunted by memories while being inexorably swallowed by them? Whenever we reminisce about our past life, we are advised in our tradition to be in a state of gratefulness. Be mindful of nurturing unnecessary grief and staying stuck in old pain. — Hiram Crespo

Did you take lessons in cynical?"
"I did, yes. I was so good at it, I now teach 'How to be a cynical jerk' at the local
community college. I can get you discount rates if you want. Just tell them I sent you."
"And sarcasm?"
"Yep, I have my Masters in sarcasm. I can get you a two-for-one deal if you want."
Will laughed again. "You would seriously charge me to take one of your hypothetical
classes?"
"Hypothetical is an extra charge," I told him, sitting down on a bench seat. "And anyway,
I have to make a living somehow. I'd consider prostitution, but it's against my moral standing to enjoy my work. — N.R. Walker

All labor has dignity. — Martin Luther King Jr.

We all need fantasies now and then. Sometimes believing our lives can be different is the only thing that keeps us going. — Leisa Rayven