"... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't……" — Lisa Genova
"... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life."
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18 Quotes by Lisa Genova
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Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.
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She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies…
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You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that…
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Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big
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The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and…
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But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than…
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At some point, there would simply be no point.
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In the ladies' room, Alice studied her image in the mirror. The reflected older woman's face didn't quite match the…
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She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was…
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Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were…
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Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.
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But will I always love her? Does my love for her reside in my head or my heart? The scientist…
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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.
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The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
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