No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.

Poets, with no sponsors, no agenda, are the truest form of freedom today, bleeding out every drop of themselves for the world to either hate or devour.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

I was a super tomboy growing up.

Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.

Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.

Speak out tirelessly with conviction.

Fly and you will catch the swallow.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just rememeber two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever.

When you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.