She wanted to be herself at all costs.

You think you walk, Lucy? I think you fly. You see yourself in a uniform? I see you in a cape. You're a hero, of the quietest but most genuine nature.

Every day you say something or do something that challenges me, changes me.

We know you're strong, but accepting help is its own kind of strength.

I will never forget your fire. I can't wait to see what you do.

For the first time maybe ever, it didn't matter if I looked beautiful or not. I felt it.

Luck was fine and well, but I didn't need it. I had a plan.

And when he broke, it was a miracle he managed to find all the pieces of himself again.

That's why you can't give up. Heroes don't give up.

It's been nice knowing you, Clara.'Huh? My brain still a bit shell-shocked.'Say a prayer for me, will you? He gives me a shaky grin. Because I'm pretty sure my parents are going to kill me

A régime [Nazism] which invented a biological foreign policy was obviously acting against its own best interests. But at least it obeyed its own particular logic.

What is about women that they just go right for the guy that repulses them?

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

I write 1,000 words a day first thing in the morning but I cannot write 240 characters to describe a piece that I spent six weeks working on with a producer.

Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I can't help but wonder, 'Where did the creator of The Jetsons go, and why hasn't he done something about this?'

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

Sometimes happiness is a blessing, but generally it is a conquest. Each day's magic moment helps.

Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change

The Brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing, and think it were not night.