When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

The sun doesn't lose its beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by Hijab

Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

I've realized that being happy is a choice.

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

In the history of the world, a whole story has never been told.

The good news, however, is that, also contrary to popular belief, full and lasting recovery from an eating disorder is possible.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do.

For the young Gaels of Ireland Are the lads that drive me mad, For half their words need footnotes And half their rhymes are bad.

I think [George W.] Bush has done nothing right about global warming.

Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

All the bloomy flush of life is fled.

But everything of value about me is in my books.

In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.