I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it.

Oh, if the moon only had a secret, if the moon only held a truth. But the moon was just the moon.

No one is safe from nature's savagery,not even the innocent. Only beauty is consistent. Gabrielle envisions a time when the Savage Garden will overtake civilizations and destroy it.

Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest.

Protect your voice and your vision. If going on the Internet and reading Internet reviews is bad for you, don’t do it. … Do what gets you to write and not what blocks you. … Don’t take any guff off anybody.

Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lost–a heart no bigger than a speck of dust beating, beating against death, against meaninglessness, against guilt, against sorrow.

I think love can save the world. When we love, we completely recognize the value of the other.