"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations."
"life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat."
"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."
"I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."
"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."
"I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness."