To be happy a woman had to think hard, during long silent hours, about how to make each small step forward.

A woman could be totally powerless, and still give meaning to her life by dreaming about flight.

Beauty is within; you just have to bring it out.

There are two prerequisites to growing wings: the first is to feel encircled and the second is to believe that you can break the circle.

When you are in trouble, you need to put all your energies into thinking that there is a way out. Then, the bottom, the dark hole, becomes just a springboard from which you can leap...

A human being was connected to the world through his or her skin and how could someone with clogged pores feel the environment or be sensitive to its vibrations?

To be alive is to move around, to search for better places, to scavenge the planet looking for more hospitable islands.