As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had no more rancor left in her heart. She had finally allowed her negative feelings to surface, feelings that had been repressed for years in her soul. She had actually FELT them, and they were no longer necessary, they could leave.

We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.

Omens are the individual language in which God talks to you. My omens are not your omens.

Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.

The wise are wise only because they love.

You say they create their own reality," said Veronika, "but what is reality?

Do you know what gives a woman most pleasure within marriage? 'Sex'? ..No, making food. Watching her man eat