I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

The sign says do not enter, no trespassing allowed. With visions of redemption I walk against the crowd.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

You mean it's my destiny?" she said at last.Granny shrugged. “Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in.

There's nothing worth photographing more than 100 yards from the car

One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.

If you can develop a connection, what we call an inner connection with the teacher, then it is not even necessary to be in the physical presence of the teacher, although it will always be stronger.

A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.

This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

Therefore, look only for this fishhook, and you will be happily caught. The more you are caught, the more you will be liberated.

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.