It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.

Assumptions are quick exits for lazy minds that like to graze out in the fields without bother.

If worrying cannot get you out of a negative condition, liberate yourself from it by all means, and focus fully on finding solutions.

I look out onto this world I'm in and hope that one day all people will be accepted and valued as they are.

Of all the things I dislike, I hate women worst.

So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control.

I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me.

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.

Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that

Just try to keep your head above water until the boys get back. It's as simple as that.

People who stand up against wars aren't necessarily always wrong.