“Agent Jones held Sinjin’s face in his hands. “I’m going to make balloon animals. People need balloon animals.”
“How right you are, strange delusional man,” Sinjin said.”

“Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals.”

“Each firm held its rope; one by one, they realized that no matter how strongly they pulled, the balloon would eventually lift them off their feet.”

“This is the basic trick in getting the mind to settle down in the present moment — you've got to give it something that it likes to stay with. If it's here against its will, it's going to be like a balloon you push under the water. As long as your hand has a good grasp on the balloon, it's not going to pop up, but as soon as you slip a little bit, the balloon pops up out of the water. If the mind is forced to stay on an object that it really finds unpleasant, it's not going to stay. As soon as your mindfulness slips just a little bit, it's gone.”

“We buy balloons, we let them go.”

“There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”

“It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take away
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way”

“Want a balloon?”

“She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons.”

“The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.”