I'm not sure anyone knows what they're looking for until they find it

I'm happy, Ahren. I'm a princess. I have everything.""I think you're mistaking comfort for joy.

When my father is stern, no one chastises him. I don’t think it’s fair that when I act similarly, I’m seen as cruel. I’m making a huge decision, and I’m trying to be wise about it.

You can be brave and still be feminine. You can lead and still love flowers.

How can the truth make anything worse?

When you know who matters most to you, giving things up, even yourself, doesn’t really feel like a sacrifice.

Creating means living.

I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.

'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.

Stillness is training for action.

Change happened and you thought it was forever, and immediately there were all the enemies of that change making common cause and meeting in the cloakrooms.

Nothing is too beautiful, nothing is too expensive.

I like to read books. I like to listen to music.

Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.

God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.