Mari remembered what she had read in the young girl's eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear. Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when confronted by a real threat: ferocious animals, armed attackers, earthquakes, but not a group of people gathered together in a refectory. But human beings are like that,' she thought. 'We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams.

But now I knew that true love was above all that and that it would be better to die than to fail to love.

My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life to penetrate the 'secrets' of the universe, realized that there are no secrets. Life is and will always be a mystery.

Success is falling down 7 times but getting up 8!

Dream and love are just words - until you decide to experience them

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