My jewelry's all fake - from Claire's. Or I get it from my mom's boutique in Barbados.

You can't master your future if you're still a slave to your past.

Don't lower your standards for anything or anyone.

I play by my own rules so please think twice before you step into my life.

People gonna talk whether you doing bad or good.

Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.

Never a failure,always a lesson.

Hurt me with the truth,don't comfort me with a lie.

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.

I drink a lot of coconut water. It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body.

Nothing in life comes easy. Everything comes with a sacrifice

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.

...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.