“since the thing perhaps is
to eat flowers and not to be afraid”

“Perhaps we'll be able to do beautiful things, since I have a stellar, insane desire to assassinate beauty.”

“A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.”

“Knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severly for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.”

“I've read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And perhaps there isn't, since hers was simply a companion to my own.”

“Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!”

“God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.”

“Since I started to eat better I’ve never felt so good.”

“Don’t eat cheese. There are a million things to eat that are not cheese.”

“There's no such thing as not being afraid.”