When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.

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?

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.

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.

With the strength of God, we shall overcome every struggle.

There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

All political power is a trust.

Whether it's good talk or bad talk about me, as long as your talking and making me the center of your world, I win.

There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.

I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.