I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights.

Each moment spent searching is also a moment spent finding.

Everyday was another day spent waiting. Every night was another night when she might meet someone who would recognize her true worth.

Men take the oddest satisfaction in feeling superior without knowing that most of the time they are being utterly predictable.

It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed, you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.