I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.

Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.

To believe in your choice you don't need to prove that other people's choices are wrong.

Stop being who you were and become who you are.

the power of beauty:what must the world be like for ugly women?

I saw that everything really was written there before me, and that the doors had only been closed before because I hadn't realized that I was the one person in the world with the authority to open them.

The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this miracle.