I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay

You can be betrayed in your sleep. The whole world can tilt while you're dreaming of butterflies.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it.

...but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.

I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.