“she wanted to dance with someone who would embrace her in the way she dreamed of since adolescence.”
“Everyday was another day spent waiting. Every night was another night when she might meet someone who would recognize her true worth.”
“A teacher isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
“If he was the man she wanted him to be, he would not be intimidated by her silence.”
“She thinks about the other prostitutes who work with her. She thinks about her mother and her friends. They all believe that man feels desire for only eleven minutes a day, and that they’ll pay a fortune for it. That’s not true; a man is also a woman; he wants to find someone, to give meaning to his life.”
“She was terrified. She was beginning to realise that after long months of selfcontrol,the pressure, theearthquake, the volcano of her soul was showing signs that it was about to erupt, and themoment that this happened, she would have no way of controlling her feelings.”
“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”