Don't feel bad for making decisions that upset other people. you're not responsible for their happiness, you're responsible for yours.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

I want to be like a sunflower so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight.