"To parents who find a child's disclosure about sexual or gender identity challenging, I always urge what I'd call "moderated" honesty. If you can't say "I love you," then say something like, "I'm going to need some time to digest this news." Buy time this way. And then think."

“I am going to die someday and I know where I am going.”

“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”

“I would want to be a very present mother. You know, something that I never had.”

“It just doesnt mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.”

“I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content.”

“We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.”

“And Love, our light at night and shade at noon,Lulls us to rest with songs, and turns awayAll shafts of shelterless tumultuous day.”

Source : Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1902). “The House of Life: A Sonnet-sequence”, p.12, Library of Alexandria

“I have ambitions I want to fulfil, to enjoy more success with Brazil.”