Giacomina had taught her daughter that you must dig constantly for meaning in the sorrow of this life, and that this sorrow must galvanize you, not define you.
Ciro took Enza’s face in his hands. “I have loved you all of my life. I was a boy who knew nothing, but when I met you, somehow I understood everything.
All your life you was one thing. And now you can be something else if you want! Somebody completely different. You can actually start yourself over from scratch. Turn yourself into what you have always wanted to be!
The terrible things that happen to us in this life never make any sense when we’re in the middle of them, floundering, no end in sight. There is no rope to hang on to, it.
Orphans have many parents.
A higher goal is always reached by overcoming fear.
A good mother is irreplaceable.
Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now. You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.
All the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.
Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
Motherhood changes everything.
I don’t settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly.
This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships – they can’t. It interferes.
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick – she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
Women move through the world never knowing their power.
All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by...
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.