#though

‎"Tell me, sir, what is a butterfly?" "It's what you are meant to become. It flies with beautiful wings and joins the earth to heaven. It drinks only nectar from the flowers and carries the seeds of love from one flower to another. Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. ↗

— Trina Paulus

#thought-provoking #beauty

You know, it was important for me to do something like that, because nobody ever really thought I could do anything except look sexy on a poster and go shopping. ↗

— Pia Zadora

#because #could #ever #except #go

My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#first #get #going #help #i

And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#did #ever #industry #more #movie

I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#always #clear #common #death #ends

We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#dead #die #earth #gave #go

I would obviously like to have been arriving in Valencia with the title still up for grabs, let's not kid ourselves, but even though Valentino has won, the season is not over for me. ↗

— Sete Gibernau

#been #even #grabs #i #kid

I've always like roadracing, but you know how it is in a family when you're young. They thought it was a little too dangerous so I started with Trials riding. ↗

— Sete Gibernau

#dangerous #family #how #i #know

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#came #children #daughters #itself #life

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#follow #hard #hidden #him #his