I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
Extraordinary imagination, especially in a witch world. Also friendship.
To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.
If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.
Get up, you useless lump, get up!
Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.
You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
I don't care what the weather is, I will always wear my coats. I am always freezing, so it works out perfectly for me!
Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.