I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles.

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in.

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen.

Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.

The swing of art is circular, from form to formalism, from formalism to formlessness, from formlessness to form again.

That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.

Most people stop learning out of fear. They are afraid they cannot learn.

Data don't generate theory - only researchers do that.

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.

War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums.

It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information.

Awaiting to see the other side of the Coin, whatever it is, Accept it, because you Deserve it