I never want to end up being a self-centered, vain human being.

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.

World War I was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought.

Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.

I will tell everyone I know to come [to the library]. This place saves lives.

Never brag about your ancestors coming over on the Mayflower the immigration laws weren't as strict in those days.

For a long time I listened to other people to decide whether I was still Christian or not, and I would sort of vet myself by the traditional formulae.

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.

Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.

From the first time you laughed with me, all those months, and all those stories,” Joe said quietly. “They were all you, to me. All of them were you.

It's hard to negotiate the present landscape with a brain and a female body.

When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee clause or a marketing clause.