Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.

You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

Life is a carousel. It goes up and down. All U gotta do is just stay on.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

Events circumstances etc. have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying to say the stuff that I think is funny and will make people laugh.

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

When you're shy, a camera becomes an entry into life. It was a kind of shield I could hide my shyness behind, and it allowed me to become an active observer rather than a passive one.

I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.

People just want to know that they matter.

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

I want to inspire, and be inspired.

Your twisting is done--you have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it?

They have demons on Antarctica?” “Yeah,” Ash breathed. “It wasn’t always covered by ice, that was just a precaution when they buried them.