I couldn’t stand in front of any camera, and I couldn’t go to places where there were a lot of people. I thought people would criticize me if I smiled, or even if I just stayed still.

Happiness is doubled when you share them together and sadness is halved when you share them together.

I wish food was falling from the sky.

SNSD means the coming of the era of girls, it’s filled with hope. We wish to bring a generation of health and happiness.

The first family is my kin. The other family is my SNSD family.

Nine different people gathered and became like a family. To me, it is a very meaningful tie.

We want our performance to be perfect, so even if I have to stay up to practice with my unnies, even if it’s really tiring, I know it is worth it

Darkness is but a door, scary not because it opens, but out of fear that it will never close

For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.

Love clamors far more incessantly and passionately at a closed gate than an open one!

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

I moved in fourth grade in the middle of the school year, and I was the new kid in school.

The finer things I feel in me, the golden dance life could be.

Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.

In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.