There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience.

Be yourself and you will find, who minds doesn't matter and who matters won't mind.

it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance

Why do we shrink from change? What can come into being save by change?

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.

Make the second effort your second nature.

It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

I'm over dudes trying to look like they're in boy bands.

Don't doubt me, because that's when I get stronger.

I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.

Nothing can make you happier than you are. All search for happiness is misery and leads to more misery. The only happiness worth the name is the natural happiness of conscious being.