Olivia

“she expended most of her energy in trying to behave in accordance with the image she had created for herself”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

“I know I've changed a lot-that I've come a long way from who I used to be-but I want more than anything to just be confident and unapologetic about who I am and how I feel, and not have to try so hard all the time. I'm still working on that part of myself”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“...because to smell the earth is to feel alive.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

“And what had she spent all her energies on until then? On trying to ensure that her life continued exactly as it always had. She had given up many of her desires so that her parents would continue to love her as they had when she was a child, even though she knew that real love changes and grows with time and discovers new ways of expressing it-self”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die