I did get lost but I wanted someone to find me.

Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness as a shield.

One day you’ll wake up and find that the pain’s still there but it doesn’t hurt quite so much.

I guess they're called moments because they don't last very long.

I think I needed to be really hurt on the outside so the hurt on the inside would realize that it wasn’t on its own and that it had to come out.

The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.

I suppose the things that you always take for granted, that you don't even notice, are what you miss the most.

What you look like is just one part of who you are - but it's not all you are.

People don't want you to be yourself, they just want you to be the person that they've decided you should be.

But Neve, you can’t start a book and leave it halfway through, ’ he’d said implacably. ‘It’s almost as bad as turning down the corner of the page, instead of using a bookmark.

I smile. I smile all the time, but you're just not around to see it these days".

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

Near, far wherever you are...you're here in my heart.

It's fun playing the judge, because I grew up on all the courtroom stuff in movies and TV. So, you know all the tropes, and you know all the expressions.

When it came time for college, I told my parents I was going to major in acting. And they were so removed from anything to do with show business - my dad built our house and my mom grew our food.

I can handle scars, especially ones that are on the outside." I understand his meaning from the depths of my heart.

I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.

No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.