Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas-that's what my grandma taught me.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

And you should not be out and about in your nightgown. There are Lightwoods wandering these halls.

I think there's more real in the unreal than there is in the real.

There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests.

Whatever it is that you do in your life, you're your own guide.

I'm not the same person that I used to be.

There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you're not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something.

Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.

When life is hard, you have to change.

All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and a blue print of the desired result.