Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.

Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.

I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.

The only limit to success is your own imagination.

The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

Nobody got anything great by playing it safe.

Ditch the dream and be a doer.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

Bloody ashes, woman. This isn't a metaphor for anything! It's just boots.

Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.

I'd walked too close to heaven and gotten a glimpse. The hell I'd lived before her no longer appealed to me.

The American empire should be destroyed.

If all you do is talk crap, I'll just flush the toilet.

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me

Our country is losing so much in terms of energy, in terms of paying off our debt.

Fear. Blame. Don't forget. Mom. I love you. -Lauren Oliver, Delerium

I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.

The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.