"Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun." - Kahlil Gibran

"What we become depends on what our fathers teach us when they aren't trying to..." - Umberto Eco

"Walk in someone else's shoes, or at least eat their food." - Anthony Bourdain

"A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place." - Amy Tan

"We are only as blind as we want to be." - Maya Angelou

"Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water." - Henry Williamson

"Without imperfection, neither you or I would exist." - Stephen Hawking

"A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will (...) to be herself and only herself." - Maya Angelou

"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it." - Lao Tzu

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." - Oscar Wilde