Failure opens the door to the most powerful lessons and discoveries – but it does so only if you have the courage to accept reality and look failure in the eye.

Social context trumps reason and social context drives your behaviors with an influence akin to an invisible force. We naturally adapt our behaviors to the context.

As humans, we unconsciously embrace the group’s beliefs and behaviors without questioning them or surrender to their opinions.

the light too brief to finish any work —the woman seeks to amplify the dark

Who rules the world?… - It's for sure, ain't you!

The world is a comedy to those who think a tragedy to those who feel.

From day one, I've always been a girly girl. In pre-school I loved driving around in my super Barbie car.

A l'intérieur de ce corps vivait l'âme d'une intellectuelle et poète dont personne n'avait le soupçon. Within this body lived the soul of an intellectual and poet, which nobody had suspected.

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.

The funny thing is that people see one film like 'Racing Stripes' or 'Ice Princess' and all of a sudden, slip me into this category of 'that's what she's always involved in.

Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.

Write down what you feel guilty about. Now, with the biggest, reddest marker you can find, cross it out-delete it.