Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after.

Sexuality is a human instinct as natural as hunger or thirst.

The simple truth is that you can understand the way you are. You can know and love and hate it. You can blame it, resent it, and nothing changes. In the end, you're just a part of it.

I'm a track star running through life, chasing my dream.

Grades were important in our house. I was reading by two. My mom would sit there and read with me, read with me, read with me. It was wonderful.

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.

A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.

I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.

Finding beauty in the dissonance.