Everyone thinks you're so strong and self-confident, but inside you're a frightened child, waiting to suffer betrayal again from those who should love you most.

A princess always takes care that her words are honeyed, for she may have to eat them

Only those who row the boat make waves

Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.

Life is too short to dance with ugly men

Most males do not mature, they simply grow taller.

If you cannot see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.

Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.

Great minds think alike-especially when they are female.

I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.

We're lucky." He slipped his hand around her waist and splayed it in the small of her back. "Most couples have only one first kiss. We'll have two.

One is often so busy doing life that it is easy to avoid evaluating whether you are putting your energy in the direction you value most.

Just always be honest about your feelings. If everyone did that then the world would be a much simpler place.

Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.

Change & transformation. That kind of magic.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

'Hostel' is that's how I feel about what's going on in Iraq. There's people that just want money and people are being sacrificed for it.

A solitary life cherishes mere fancies until they become manias.

For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere.

Life is not what you expected it to be.

If we come to see that this world does not have the final word, then we open our mind and therefore our entire lives to experience the possibility of infinite possibilities.