.No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Friedrich Nietzsche

And yet if I drew my thoughts back from him, what life would I have? I would be like a dancer who had practiced since childhood for a performance she would never give.

Why doncha come on over to the house and I'll show 'em to ya?

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.

Genius is fostered by industry.

Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

When I see a wall that's hung with different objects, framed or unframed, what I like about it is its fluidity and rule-breaking nature. Just experiment a bit.

You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.

Heaven's harmony is universal love.