There weren't butterflies in my stomach, there were fire breathing dragons.

Like a butterfly stuck in a chrysalis, waiting for the perfect moment, I was waiting for the day I could burst forth and fly away and find my home.

Great self esteem comes from inside and feels hot and wonderful.

The best things in life are crazy.

Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Our goal should be health and stamina.

Food is neither your enemy nor your best friend. It won't mend your broken heart and it won't send you to hell.

I don't want you to be my fan. I want you to be mine.

When it comes to finances, it matters less how much money you make and more how you spend it.

two powerful, opposing forces - one seducing people to eat and the other telling them they are failures if they do - create heartache everywhere.

Money is both a means and a means to an end.

I think we all just have to keep loving through it. Maybe that’s the cure.

Awaken soul, revive spirit.

When we finished the kiss she said laughing, I can taste your loneliness - it tastes like vinegar. That annoyed me. Everyone knows loneliness tastes like cold potato soup.

I have a new nickname for Dottie. She's now the Crazy Whisperer.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation.

I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-­American.

Someone has to ask you a question," George continues meaningly, "before you can answer it. But it's so seldom you find anyone who'll ask the right questions. Most people aren't that much interested.

The sense is always that community is natural to people.

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.

No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.