She wasn't a victim of fate, she was running her own risks, pushing beyond her own limits, experiencing things which, one day, in the silence of her heart, in the tedium of old age, she would remember almost with nostalgia - however absurd that might seem.

If you have a dream , don't waste your energies explaining why.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

The True Lover is the one who realizes that Loyalty must go hand in hand with Freedom.

When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out.

Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed

Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention).