The comfort of our peer-connections is reflected in our most honest and direct hand-holding. When we trip, they are the first ones to pull us back up.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection.

During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult.

We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise.

Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between our childhood hope and the truth.

Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.

We don't go back to wallow, we go back to undo the lies that are back there that are holding its captive from living a wondrous and full life.

Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.

Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.

Scientists have discovered a black hole that is 12 billion times the size of our sun. It's full of Hillary Clinton emails.

I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family.

The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.

I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought: 'That's it. I'm not buying the next size'.

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.

We are only possible as what happened to us yesterday. We all change as well move