This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.

Why does life carry some people on the crest of the wave while others drown beneath the water?

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

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. —SUZANNE NECKER, WIFE OF JACQUES NECKER, MINISTER OF FINANCE

You'll know if he loves you by how long he's willing to fight.

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

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.