Valentina Mandarin > Quotes

“This, she realized, was the alchemy of living: to take sorrow and transmute it into strength, to turn grief into wisdom, and loss into a language that might light the way for others.”
― Valentina Mandarin, The Alchemist's Tango

“Right before life opens a door, it will try to break you. Everything will seem to crumble at once. Most people turn back here. They second-guess, convince themselves the dream wasn’t meant for them. But if you can keep walking when it feels impossible, if you can hold onto your vision even when no one else sees it… that’s when the tide turns. That’s when things begin to shift.”
― Valentina Mandarin, The Alchemist's Tango