Beauty you're born with, but brains you earn.

Too many books. Too few centuries.

The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us.

You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.

Your mind will serve you better than any trinket under the suns...It is a weapon...and like any weapon, you need practice to be any good at wielding it.

The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.

Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.

Your mind is a powerful tool. Learn how to harness this power and your life will be filled with great things.

A sacrifice is not convenient. If it is something we can easily do, then it is not a sacrifice.

And since I am a man, I would appreciate it if you would cry for us both, gatita.

Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

What I call innocence is the spirit's unself-conscious state at any moment of pure devotion to any object. It is at once a receptiveness and total concentration.

I think people are always nostalgic for a time about 20 years before they were born.

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

A modest woman has good children.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.