“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”

“Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.”

“Love yourself and never leave anyone the power to convince you otherwise.”

“A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.”

“Never enter a business deal with anyone who has less than yourself.”

“Anything or anyone that asks you to be other than yourself is not holy, but is trying only to fill its own need.”

“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you secruity and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.”

“Never be insolent unless it is a deliberate decision, and only toward a man more powerful than yourself.”

“You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.”

“The more sensitive you are, the more certain you are to be brutalized, develop scabs, never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything, because you always feel to much.”