Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.

Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.

Every moment of searching is a moment of encounter.

Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life ... because happiness is contagious. Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in their eyes. Avoid those who ... have never shed a tear

If you are never alone you cannot know yourself. And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void.

I was content in my universe and didn't want to change it at all, even though I was being propelled in that direction.

Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin, and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning.