I don't get anywhere meditating," she said. "I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or else grave-faced and arrogant, concentrating on absolutely nothing, convinced that they're in touch with God or with the Goddess. So instead, let's listen to some music together.

And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.

To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.

Many people in this world are merely playing a role, unaware that there is an Invisible Hand guiding them.

Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.

I don't choose. Normally it's the book that chooses me.

Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.