Everything that happens in your future is a direct result of what you do today.

I have never met a mentally strong person who wasn’t a voracious reader.

If you don’t give yourself permission to create a new world, chances are nobody else will.

The only way to learn new things is to ask questions and be curious. Find the people who inspire your curiosity because those are the ones you will most learn from.

Always take the job, pursue the life, and have the friends that allow you to have as much freedom as possible.

The more grateful you are, the more you attract things to be grateful for.

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

He really was beautiful. I know boys aren’t supposed to be, but he was.

The fact that you don't feel Him [God] holding you doesn't change the fact that He still is.

Racism and hatred are synonymous.

Poor communication doesn’t disconnect souls. It’s the disconnected souls who poorly communicate.

He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There’s nothing quite as funny as someone else’s misery.

Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.

I do think there's a lot of bad writing, and I worry about that in philosophy. I worry about it even more in literary studies, but I wouldn't blame it on any one methodology.

Jessica Jones is the first female superhero Marvel's ever introduced as a lead.

The title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it.