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.

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.

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?

This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

Romy had never done a budget, Marisol had never designed costumes and sets, and Suzanne had never acted, but when I asked them to help, they didn't hesitate

This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap...

Really? We are being herded on a bus to drive across town to an all-boy academy where we disembark and join our lonely counterparts on a dance floor. Sounds like a scorecard situation to me.

Nothing consoles and comforts like certainty does.

The Universe has your back. Instead of trying to control the outcome, just enjoy the journey.

O God gives us all grace.

The Rudderless World is not shaped by vague metaphysical Forces. It is not God who kills the Children. Not Fate that butchers them or Destiny that feeds them to the Dogs. ... It´s us. Only us.

When we talk about power, we talk about Wall Street.

Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue in the American, not the British, sense as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.

it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine

All my legitimate jobs were embarrassing. I used to be stock boy at an Odd-Lot, making $35 a day.

You look at where you're going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you've been and a pattern seems to emerge.

I don't believe in failure. I believe every setback is an opportunity to learn, regroup, get stronger, and try again.