I love you', though, were three words she had often heard during her twenty-two years, and it seemed to her that they were now completely devoid of meaning, because they had never turned into anything serious or deep, never translated into a lasting relationship.

It is much more intelligent, more practical, to be good rather than evil.

Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.

Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.

We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.

In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

The great virtue of those who seek the spiritual path is courage.