If I write something, I fear it will happen, and if I love too much, I fear I will lose that person; nevertheless, I cannot stop writing or loving.

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

We have been blessed with the privilege to live life. May we live to the fullness.

Some of us will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime... I rather have depression that can be treated with a pill and my free will to conquer it

That spring was the start of everything, for me. Before then, I might have been half-asleep, drifting through life.

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.

What you must dare: is to be yourself.

In a world as empirical as ours, a youngster who does not know what he is good at will not be sure what he is good for.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.

If you're wasting time, you're wasting money... and that's just sick.