We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.
We only have what we give.
We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.
If you change the way you tell your own story, you can change the colour and create a life in technicolour.
I want to have an epic life. I want to tell my life with big adjectives. I want to forget all the grays in between, and remember the highlights and the dark moments.
Write what should not be forgotten.
Women have always been courageous. They are the bravest of the brave! They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.
What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down.
The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.