When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

[S]he'd realized that he had loved her only because she belonged to him.

It felt amazing to make visible my boundaries.The rumors dissipated, then changed. Eventually I turned down enough men that I became the girl who turned down men.

All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.

I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things.

Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.

East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory.

And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories.

[Cesar] Vallejo was at least metaphorically killed by fascist forces, in the sense that he wore himself out raising funds for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and got sick and died.

Control the things you can control .

Events bring you small joy, while #‎ existence brings you bliss.