“There is room in the human heart for all the divinities.”

“My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up amidst ancient furniture, books in Latin, and human mummies, but none of those things made me melancholy, because I came into the world with a breath of the jungle in my memory.”

“The calendar is a human invention; time does not exist on the spiritual level.”

“His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.”

“Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally.”

“...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst.”

“The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.”