I consider myself lucky to be an only child because if I had other siblings, my mother would not have been able to take me to every audition and be so supportive of my career.

A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.

I love my onscreen frenemy, Dianna Agron! Having the opportunity to work so closely with her has been amazing.

Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.

But people are going to say what they want to say. I know who I am, and I'm not perfect.

You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.

If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.

Confidence is what makes you stand out.

I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

I think I’m his biggest fan. Like, I’m really sorry everybody out there but you have a tough time beating me. I’m like the number one Chris Colfer fan club.

Dream, believe, strive, achieve.

Fundraising is an extreme sport!

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

The dogs absolutely do bark and play with each other, even though [Marino] says she trains them not to be noisy. But they're animals; that's what they do.

When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset.

I might be the only chick in the group, but that didn't make me the damsel in distress.

Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There’s no formula to it. It’s just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people - of being yourself.

Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to compose their thoughts, maybe the next evening as well.

People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last.

As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my house, it's hard for me to relax. I'm too obsessed with whether everyone's having a good time.