All life connects ... Nothing happens that is meaningless.

Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your wounds you learn how to avoid getting wounded the next time.

Some things don’t mix. Some things don’t mix at all, but sometimes in life you have to take the risk.

I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.

When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children

There is such a thing as too much beauty in a woman and it is often a burden as crippling as homeliness and far more dangerous. It takes much luck and integrity to survive the gift of perfect beauty, and its impermanence is its most cunning betrayal.

Know this. I think you could be special if you only thought there was anything special about yourself.