If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out.

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones.

I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't.

It’s amazing what you can do when you get creative.

This house has enough nooks and crannies for English muffins.

Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.

The defense of morals is the battle-cry which best rallies stupidity against change.

We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.

Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.

A pair of skinny jeans and a tattoo does not make you a leader.

The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.

Wake up early; it is great to live the mornings.

I think it makes women feel better to find fault with other women. I do that, too.