It's up to me to create the life I want.

The stupid thing about anger is how people hurt you and then you let them keep hurting you by being angry about how they originally hurt you. It’s a vicious cycle.

No one can be everything you want them to be.

I'd rather be weird and happy than normal and miserable.

This body is yours. It is your home. The keeper of your soul. The resting place of your spirit. No one can ever take that away.

It’s unbelievable how you can affect someone else so deeply and never know.

If you see someone being bullied, make it stop. Why is that so hard for us to do?

My thing is that I'm in love with love. Actually, I'm in love with the possibility of true love. Which could be considered a major problem.

Sometimes in the midst of all your boy drama, you just need a cupcake.

Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.

I want revenge, but I don't want to screw up my karma.

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible

Remove whatever you no longer need in your life, to make room for what you do need in your life.

All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face...

...our family became a place where you screamed for help but no one heard, not ever.

When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss.

Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?

All of nature is resurrection.

I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some people are more influential without a public confrontation.

Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's?

...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think.