Books had been her means of escape

My words are not a form of free advice. They are born through my journey called life!

And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you.

Hell isn’t fire and brimstone. It’s New York City.

You are only as pretty as you are nice and smart.

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

If you want to be surrounded by Souls, become identified with your Soul. It takes one to know one!

You have to honor failure, because failure is just the negative space around success.

That's why I played music; my social skills were limited. I think a lot of people that experience that pick up guitars, because they can't communicate otherwise.