“The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will. … An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.”

“You own your body. You own your body. You own your body. Your center and your edges are yours and yours alone. In this world – this world of rape culture of ingrained misogyny and violence done against girls and women – you will encounter and absorb messages your entire life that place you on trial for the crime of existing as female in this world. That will question your right to wear or speak or move through the world in the way that you do. That will seek to harm you in ways large and small. As a woman, you will hold stories that sometimes feel too painful to hold. As your mother, that brings me to my knees. I grant you the strength to know that this too, you will survive. I promise you I will protect you with every ounce of life in my body. And where I cannot protect you from this world, I will love you inside of it – fierce and holy and precious beyond all knowing.”

“You’re either part of the problem or part of the solution. There are no bystanders who get to claim no impact. What mark will you leave on this world?”

“เมื่อถูกใจก็คิดว่าเข้าใจเมื่อถูกขัดแย้งก็หวั่นไหวเมื่อไม่เข้าใจจริงแท้ก็กราดเกรี้ยว”

“Even at the farthest reaches of empathy, we do not and cannot share the lived experience of another. We can never fully know the pain or betrayal a body and spirit has been made to hold in this life, or the way the universe articulates itself through the living of another. And in the knowing of that truth, we cannot ever say what anyone should or must forgive, or how they should handle something or what it takes for them to survive or the way they should heal or when or how or who or why. This this journey is an individual one, and should only ever be exactly that. Do not ever be tempted to project your own knowing onto the experience of another, or to prescribe your path onto their own.”

“You hold the collective story of all women in your body. The muscle memory of generations past. This is your legacy, but it is not a prediction of your reality or your future. The difference is both delicate and profound and worth exploring. Pull in the wisdom of generations upon generations of witches and wild women and pioneers and mothers and lovers and midwives and subversives. And then forge your own path. The way only you can. You were born for this.”

“It’s not how fast you move through life, Vivia, or how perfectly you execute the moves, but that you do it with grace and humor.”

“Assim não tem graça, se já ficamos a saber o fim da história, E isso que importância tem, também o fim dos homens é morrer e o melhor deles é a vida contada e por contar.”

“The greed never ends though,The peace within soul comes.”

“In my whole life of who I am today, there has been a spectacular contribution of everyone who are ‘Ambition-less’ & ‘Effortless’. They fascinated me because eventually, they proved to be the ‘Flawless’.”

“Beauty is very short-lived and overrated.”

“Who can forget the lessons, trouble teaches?”

“All the same, there were some things they needed to learn. Do not drink milk after a thunderstorm, for it will certainly be sour. Always leave out seed for the birds when the first snow falls. Wash your hair with rosemary. Drink lavender tea when you cannot sleep. Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.”

“People pleasing pleases everyone but the pleaser.”