Hateful people put fear in other people.

Picking on another person in their mind justifies and makes their stature higher. People do it interracially. It's amazing how every race, every culture seems to have a culture they pick on.

I have 8-year-old twins, and I want them to grow up in a world where they can be anyone they want without any shame, without holding back, without being judged for it.

Even though [bullying] doesn't actually raise your stature, it might make you feel that way.

If you feel like you're not where you want to be in your life, rather than step on someone else's, raise your stature.

I always felt safe and protected. My dad is 6'6" and 280 pounds, so I basically felt protected, and I aspire to have my kids feel the same way.

You can have your beliefs and have your faith, but don't try to impose it one me, and vice versa.

You can't discriminate against someone because of their race, color, or religion, but you can discriminate against someone because of their sexual preference, I find it to be abhorrent.

When I was younger, I had an older brother a year and a half older than me, so we always had each other, and I felt very fortunate in that regard.

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

How could Mark be halfway across the world when she would have sworn he'd been in this room with her only seconds ago?

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

I'm an emotional creature. I make music to express that.

Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of TV and you grow up on false images of what love truly is.

How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and light, You will get there by candle-light

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve. Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light precipitated into the outer darkness.

Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.