There is only one sin - lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.

Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them

Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is.

I cannot lose the one thing that keeps me alive : hope -

His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that.

Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.