“Learn everything you want to know, and then learn some more. Don't worry if something doesn't go well. You are capable of so much.”

“Read everything you can get your hands on.”

“Watch out for people who feel weak. They may want to feel strong one day and you might not survive that moment.”

“I had tried to teach her that nobody should be able to see when you were scared. That nobody should be able to tell when you were uncertain. That you shouldn't show it when you loved someone. And that you smiled with particular affection at someone you hated.”

“Einem Kind die Erziehung zu verweigern grenzte in meinen Augen an Misshandlung.”

“Schreiben heißt, mit Erwartungen zu brechen.”

“They say that rape is the only crime in which the victim has to prove her innocence. And I want you to know, I believe in your innocence. You don’t have to prove anything to me.”