“This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.”

“You don't have to place your hand on Mary's heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life. You can place it right here on your own heart. Your own heart.”

“You can abandon your own body, but never let go of your honor.”

“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”

“You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own.”

“My heart is your heart," he said. "My hands are your hands.”

“Always go for the one who touches your heart more than your body.”

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”

“You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind, and soul.”