You’re young and you have all your life ahead of you.

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.

The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

For the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.

In wars amongst ideas, doubters are the victims.

Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God.

The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens.

It's a big thing back in my hometown about me being here. There are a lot of people behind me.

It is only when you realize that you are mortal and yet immortal simultaneously that you begin to realize that the beautiful incongruities of existence aren't incongruous at all, but rather perfect.

The most Superior amongst the colors in the universe is the color of Devotion.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.

I'm not sure what my genre is, and to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of that word. I love all types of music regardless of what box it might fit in.