“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.”

“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back – and at some point everyone looks back – she will hear her heart saying, “What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage; the certainty that you wasted your life.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?" the boy said"Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to haveheard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you'rethinking about life and about the world.”

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”

“The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways–and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.”

“For those that were never wounded by love, they will never be able to say: “I lived”. Because they haven’t.”

“Hearts can be treacherous, but the best way to keep them from fooling you is to listen to them intently”