“You should be able to have everything you want… you should be a mommy and a wife and you shouldn’t have to live with your life being threatened at every turn.”

“If you really love someone you shouldn’t have to think about anything. You should want to say it. It’s not difficult.”

“Some people believe that to find happiness, you should live each day of your life as if it's your last because that way you will appreciate every single moment you have. Other people believe that you should live each day as if it's your first because then every day can be the beginning of a new journey.”

“When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you by coming to your land by order of his Majesty the King of Spain. Our Lord permitted that your pride should be brought low and that no Indian should be able to offend a Christian.”

“Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.”

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”