It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

“If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?”

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”

“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”

“We rarely hear the inward music, but we’re all dancing to it nevertheless.”

“You are so weak. Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.”

“You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.”

“When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.”