Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

There is one experience that brings joy or happiness to every living being. The experience of love.

Charisma and charm are endearing qualities which go hand in hand to make others feel “lighter, happier, and a little in love” when they are around you.

Nothing is more simple than greatness indeed to be simple is to be great.

If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.

what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it’s like to work so hard to make sure everyone’s happy, and to have not a single person recognize it

I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.

The way I was raised, if something wasn't tough it was not a valuable or enriching experience.

I think fate is massive, and it's never really had its place among forces we respect as having control over us.

We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.

It's easy to confuse a woman for a philosophy