I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.

When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

If you're lost, you might need to swim against the tide.

What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.

Endings are always the beginnings of something else

It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

I'm thinking of killing everyone whose name is a palindrome

It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout.

I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.

I don't really agree with the role model thing. People are always saying that athletes shouldn't do X or Y because they are role models.

The side's all right, but my bloody knees are killing me!

Death laid its eggs in the wound

We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.

I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light.

It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity.

Most people hate that their mum has a Facebook page, but I love that my mum does.