“It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go.”

“Even a goat got to be a goat." Esperança's comments about slaves during the triangular slave trade.”

“Rivers spill mysteries into the ocean, and the ocean washes the answer to the shore.”

“It's easier to hide in the dark...but easier to let go too.”

“And it was easier to let him keep on touching me than ask him to stop, easier to let him inside than to push him away, easier than hearing him ask me, "Why not?" It was easier to keep quiet and take it than to give him an answer.”

“Don't just follow your dreams; chase them down, grab hold and don't let go.”

“Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself.”