“But aren't many gardens beautiful because they are imperfect?...aren't the strange, new flowers that arise by mistake or misadventure as pleasing as the well-tended and planned?”
“...if we aren't learning something from a new experience, it's usually because we aren't paying attention. Or we're following the wrong libretto.”
“Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.”
“the world isn't what it once was because there aren't many men like you left.”
“I don't know these people and they aren't my flowers.”
“One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.”