I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so.

These will be my last moments of peace. . . . From now on, my love. . . will bring nothing but chaos.

Even in the most wretched life, there’s hope.

Now you are no longer a giggling child, smiling at whoever comes along. You are a woman with power. Learn to control your smile, and you can control what men will think about you.

I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.

But we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.