Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.

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.

There are too many years around this table, too much time confined in one place.

Indeed, the only cause of their [Rome] perishing was that they chose for their protectors gods condemned to perish.

Abstract conversations are my favourite, for they unviel true convictions.

Nothing's going to change if you're just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else's problems.... you can't fix it for them.

The most important influence is all our lives are love. If we're never taught to love, then showing and accepting love becomes difficult.

The heart of blogging is linking - linking and commenting. Connecting and communicating - the purpose of the Internet.

I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked.

I really don't like to lose.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.

If I had my life to live over I would die fighting rather than be a slave again. I want no man's yoke on my shoulders no more.