All this was new to me. Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move towards the unknown - even when we don't want to and we think we don't need to.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.

God hides the fires of hell within paradise.

Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.

In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.

Love can only be found through the act of loving.

If I must fall, may it be from a high place.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.

Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives.

You think embracing the longing while waiting for the right man is impossible? Well obviously you didn't get the memo.

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

Seafood on the grill can be intimidating if you don't know what you are doing. It's really quite easy

When I was young I used to sit in the cinema thinking wouldn't it be great if you could have a film in which the characters were like real people instead of being like actors.

In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.

I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.

Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning.