It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.

Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.

You are free, but you have to choose. An open oven bakes no bread

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

We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt. There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be invisible. But know that it's still there.

The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.