“Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.”

“Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning”

“Nothing is really lost or can be lost,No birth, identity, form--no object of the world,Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing...The body, sluggish, aged , cold--the embers left from early fires,...shall duly flame again”

“I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the luckiest people get to experience it at all.”

“Happiness is not easy to find. It's very difficult to find it in yourself — and impossible to find anywhere else.”

“In order not to find life unbearable, you must accept two things: the ravages of time and the injustices of man.”

“It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”