I wish I could tell every young girl with an eating disorder, or who has harmed herself in any way, that she's worthy of life and that her life has meaning. You can overcome and get through anything.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

It's okay to not be superwoman all the time.

Tall, thin, curvy, short – whatever you are, you are beautiful.

Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground

I’m not perfect and I don’t have to be.

Your mind . . . can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it's your choice to make.

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears

Whatever you dream of doing one day, don't give up on that dream because you never know where it can take you.

I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served, and for which I believe I have sacrificed my life.

In military science there is a principle more important than "Forward": it is that the task should be proportionate to the means.

There is neither father, nor mother, nor son, nor any other person whatsoever who can embrace the object beloved with so great a love as that wherewith God embraceth the soul.

Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.

Eleven times Jesus died on the cross, Eleven times falls down a body thrown upward, Eleven times also I abandon the logical flow of thought.

Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.' My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory.

Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.

It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot.

A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.

We shall find God in everything alike, and find God always alike in everything.