"I train myself to stay passionate by saying yes to whatever comes my way: drama, comedy, tragedy, love, death, losses. Yes to life. And I train by trying to stay in love. It doesn't always work, but you cannot blame me for trying."

"I don't have to prove anything anymore. I'm not stuck in the idea of who I was, who I want to be, or what other people expect me to be." — Isabel Allende