I don’t think I was born to be in the club. Just to throw that out there.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

Compassionate leaders honor the complexity of human relationships, nurture authenticity and create common grounds for blooming great ideas of individuals.

A scholar’s pen is more valuable than a warrior’s sword.

Everyone always talks about the speed of New York, and I still walk slow around New York, and everyone is walking faster than me all the time, and I notice it every time we go out.

I just always knew I was going to be a star. I was always going to be rich so I could buy things for Mommy and Daddy, so that I could buy them a big house and we could have things.

Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.

In fact, there are very important writings of Marx which are not even translated into English.

Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.

That's what all love comes down to, doesn't it? We help others only as much as they let us.

If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again.