“There's no point in wishing. We can't change anything about the past. We can only remember. We can only move forward.”

“I don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world?”

“What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.”

“I'm small, I'm young - and I'm so different. You've always respected that difference, and you've always trusted it. Trust me now. There's a reason I am the way I am, and there's a reason I was born to you. There's always a reason. We belong together.”

“Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding.”

“The heart knows no logic, and rarely corresponds with the brain.”

“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”

“When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.”