It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.

I write short, my words tight to the thread of the narrative.

The most painful and jealously guarded secrets are perhaps the ones that everyone around us knows. Stupid tragedies. Useless tears.

When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that's what I thought then.

I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our story until death comes and the body decays.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

In an apostolic network the person in charge of maintaining the DNA of the network is the lead apostle, who consults with those he or she chooses, and no one else.

You call it madness, but I call it love.

It's more difficult getting up early in the morning when you're wearing silk pajamas.

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

I always loved rapping ever since Snoop said "1-2-3-4," I was repeating lines, but I didn't start writing my own lyrics until I was twelve.

Why is humanism not the preeminent belief of humankind?

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.