Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul. Because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.

To teach is to show what is possible; to learn is to make yourself possible.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long as they do not force that sexual identity on others.

For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.

When life makes us face difficult situations-such as a personal loss-we have to understand that eternity is taking one more step.