"Everyone has a conscience, and everyone knows whether they're doing right or wrong."

"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."

"I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death. I see the world gradually being transformed into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us …"

"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."

"I don't want to be a man; I want to be a woman, but a woman who is strong and independent."