“Why is it that it takes a lifetime to discover who we are and only a second to ruin who we were?”

“neither of us has a monoply on delusions.Our only hope is to take time to discover who we really are and decide if that's a reality we both can live with.”

“he asked if i wouldn't like to live completely without problems, say in greece maybe, nice climate, everything provided? i say: "when we find out what we are actually doing and who we actually are, that is the point of living...it may be only a few seconds...a few seconds of significant actions, out of a lifetime...”

“We oft know little of who we were, only something of who we are, and nothing of who we may be.”

“Whatever problems we had back then don’t exist anymore. It’s why we have this second chance, and we can’t throw it away. Besides, you were the one who said we’re not exactly the same as we were back then. If we’re not the same, then things can turn out differently.”

“Because we are the only women who are mothers of men." Gorgo: when asked by a woman from Attica why Spartan women were the only women in the world who could rule men.”