you are your own soul mate

what drives you crazy what keeps you up at night

you must understand the difference between want and need you may want that boy but you certainly don't need him

you must enter a relationship with yourself before anyone else

do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you

if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise

it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations

to be soft is to be powerful

accept yourself as you were designed

other women's bodies are not our battlegrounds

i have what i have and i am happy i've lost what i've lost and i am still happy

if the hurt comes so will the happiness

how you love yourself is how you teach others to love you

some people are so bitter to them you must be kindest

if you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else

you must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first

Nature is neutral.

There is always that one person in our lives who we deeply love, and that person can also destroy us.

I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.

My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I'm probably more conservative because of it.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Chemotherapy is a good thing even though it kills healthy cells. But we still hope for something better. Wed like to prevent cancer in the first place.

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude

People used to pooh-pooh the idea of a check-in, saying that this wasn't interesting. But when you have 3 billion of those data points, you can take any latitude and longitude anywhere in the world, and I'll tell you what is interesting now, 20 minutes from now, and 6 hours from now.

When a child knows that he or she is dyslexic, that it's the way their brain is programmed, and it's not their fault, that makes all the difference in the world.

People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.

Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

I don't want to do anything like Can't Hardly Wait, I don't want to do anything like Scream. I saw all those movies, and they were good, but they're just not what I want to do.

Fashion is a way you can express yourself, so it's good stuff, you know?

Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that match.

Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.

Wednesday's child is full of woe.

I think it's very rare that you see girl friendships on television. It's always cattiness and all that drama.

If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears.

I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.

I've been a little more fortunate, perhaps, than a lot of people have, for the simple reason that I've constantly been moving: so nobody can hit me - you know what I mean? Protesting is not the answer - not along those lines.

I guess I can't live without Netflix because I would have nothing to do. All I do is sit home and watch movies.

If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society.