Young girls come up to me all the time to ask for advice. They see me as a survivor.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

I wanted to protect the songs. I wanted to make sure I could write freely and not be self-conscious about it.

Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart.

In the comics, Supergirl is quite, um, buxom...so I hope people won't come to the film expecting that.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

I cannot but think it an evil sign of a people when their houses are built to last for one generation only.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

This is the culmination of a lot of people's vision. I think this is just another step towards making Central Michigan football among the elite programs in the Mid-American Conference.

You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.

I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.

What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.