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.

Of course. My sadness has become a routine that no one notices anymore.

She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.

Whenever a religion tightens it's rules, a significant number of people break away and go in search of more freedom in their search for spiritual contact.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it. Now.

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.