I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy.

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl.

I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.

Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls

We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

So, she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.

They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs.

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

Write about the emotions you fear the most.

Just because you consider yourself a genius does not mean you are smart

Never give up hope. All things are working for your good. One day, you'll look back on everything you've been through and thank God for it.

Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving.

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

Labor conquers all things.

They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies.

I think, collectively, we should be paying more attention to what is going on around us in the world among people who dont have the advantages that we have.

There's definitely a large fan base for the 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' movies that need their next fix.

The thing that gets me up in the morning is that I’m really not ready to see someone that I know I can beat holding my belt.

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.