Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not.

Mari remembered what she had read in the young girl's eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear. Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when confronted by a real threat: ferocious animals, armed attackers, earthquakes, but not a group of people gathered together in a refectory. But human beings are like that,' she thought. 'We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.

He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender.

Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. The greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. When the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim.

Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.

A bird in a cage is safe but God didn't create birds for that.