Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark.

There is the churning and the boiling of the sea, and the foam on top of it and that is what man is, churning and foam together.

All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river.

Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall.

...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

You owe it to your inner-self to never allow your past to take the place of your present or future.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

When someone with the authority of a teacher describes the world and you’re not in it, there’s a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

I'm such a dude. I'm just like, 'All right, I have to get up in my monkey suit.' I'd rather be in jeans.

I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.

maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman.

Don't turn around. Don't look back. Keep moving forward. Keep pushing. The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, not the beginning.