I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me, cleansing my soul of all fear and sin and reminding me that I am always better than I think and stronger than I believe.

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

Too often, we decide to follow a path that is not really our own, one that others have set for us. We forget that...in both cases we will pass through both difficult and happy moments. But when we are living our dream, the difficulties we encounter make sense.

And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.

The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse.

Never make a fuss-it might attract the attention of an enemy tribe.