I don't want other people to decide what I am. I want to decide that for myself.

IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.

There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong... It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.

Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's affecting men hasn't really been addressed.

My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.

Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time!

I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on.

Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like. I promise.

All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.

The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life.

Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.

He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact.

The secret of good writing is telling the truth.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command.

The moral decisions of others should be treated with respect, as long as such decisions do not conflict with the principle of tolerance.

The highest peace is the peace between opposites.

I was living a life of a lie. I really was.