I guess that's the upside of not being young anymore... You know from experience that the struggle always leads, in some way, to something better.

We are only as great as our struggles. We only become who we are in the face of them.

The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.

Be brave with your life, so others will be brave with theirs.

We build our lives in moments, and even the ones we can't remember become the story of who we are.

Don't let anyone convince you that love doesn't matter.

Beauty comes from tenderness.

You don't have to be perfect to be awesome.

What matters most is how you respond to your heartbreaks and your disappointments and your fears. What matters most is who you become in response to them.

The best things about womanhood might possibly even be the conversations. The chatting. The gabbing. The whispering. The hands-on-hips eye-rolling. The yukking-it up.

Our lives disappear, even as we live them.

When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win.

I find it easy to spot a depressive. The illness is scrawled across them like graffiti.

...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)

Be great in all you do.

we're stuck with freedom. we can't push it off on genes.

Go for it, my heart said, my heart always said.

I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .

If my hair gets any frizzier, I'll shave it to the scalp. Or light it on fire. Whichever is easier.