Be beautiful for yourself, Janie. And only if you want to. If a man is worthy of you, he’ll see more beauty in who you are than in what you look like.

Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.

A little inhumanity does not describe you as heartless, rather, it is a way of telling others that you have a heart that can get angry.

Our feelings and intuition are two of our greatest gifts. Too often we don't trust, rely, or act on them. ~Amanda Owen

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.

An obstinate man does not hold opinions but they hold him.

When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all.

Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.

What a business is this of a portrait painter! You bring him a potato and expect he will paint you a peach.

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

It takes more faith to be an atheist than to believe in God.