There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

A good mother is irreplaceable.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

I even love the smell of books.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

They inhabited a lost world of splendour and brutality, a world dominated by religious change, in which there were few saints.

...this two-way hatred. I don’t understand it. I wonder how much of it is caused by fear?

The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.

When he's happy, it makes you happy too.

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

Giving a party is like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion; and once you have begun it, it is almost impossible to stop.

Individuality is freedom lived.

If my mother were a bumper sticker, she would read THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. Taylor's mom would read WHY THE F*** NOT?

I don't think you earn the right to a message until you've earned it by having a real fight, really being willing to stand up for what you believe in.

What if you have a genuine and captivating beauty that is marred only by your striving?