All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting.

The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.

I think my customers, my fans are really like my family now - it's like a movement of fabulosity.

I think that setting a novel in a small town taps into a sense of nostalgia among readers. People tend to believe life is different in small towns, and frankly, it is different.

We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.