“I'm afraid of everything I don't know.”

“Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell.”

“I should feel energized and powerful, invulnerable and potent, but all I feel is lost.”

“Letting go seems like the most powerful thing I could do.And so I do.I just let it all go.And it feels glorious.”

“And where do I go? Where on Earth does a person go when she realizes there's no place for her? You can't possibly try to fit in, because if you do, if you manage to carve out some beautiful niche o...”

“Destiny doesn't always come when it's convenient or when you think it should. It comes when you're ready, whether you know it or not.”

“I wanted to cry, but the tears did not come.”

“Imagine your body becoming that of a stranger. Imagine the sensation of it being not yours, as you discover what it feels like to do this, or to have this happen to you, for the very first time. Im...”

“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just...”

“In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes”

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”