"I had long since lost any illusion of being loved for who I was and now accepted, with clean conscience, flowers, flattery, and money that fed my ego and my false identity."

"I am a courtesan, yes, but I am an artist first."

"I have no regrets, only the memory of beautiful moments."

"Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion."

"I was born to be wild and free, not to be caged like an animal."