To die trying is the proudest humans thing.

Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.

Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.

What do I look like? The Wizard of Oz? You need a brain? You need a heart? Go ahead, take mine. Take everything I have.