My soul's the present shadow of a presence gone.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

I wonder how you will feel if I hug you with great love and care

Men are destined to love woman, not to expect love but just to love them.

Freedom is not enough.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.

Only self-educated is educated. Others are merely taught.

Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter.

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.

Water holes are sacrificial waters where you make a steady gift of your pride and high-priced balls.

One of the charges made against me is that I lived in the same house with my former husband, Dr. Woodhull, and my present husband, Col. Blood. The fact is a fact.