Elin Borg

“If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When they judge you, yawn.
When they misunderstand you, smile.
When they underestimate you, laugh.
When they condemn you, ignore.
When they envy you, rejoice.
When they oppose you, prevail.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower earns its honor in the dirt.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Beauty is a question of optics. All sight is illusion.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde