I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Having worked as a labor and delivery nurse...I've seen ultrasounds...you know that those babies are real.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

Slow down, simplify and be kind.

You're only a victim once. The next time you're an accomplice.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

Experience gives us the tests first and the lessons later.

​Who gets to Live? You or Your Rules?

When the positive mind takes the lead, the legs are safe to follow without any shaking!

Your culture is the birthplace of your brand.

But one day you're going to wake up to the smell of a friend making burnt toast and warm coffee, and you're going to smile with relief knowing you made it. Knowing somebody found ways to love you.

As Gansey led the way out, Noah said to Ronan, “I know why you’re mad.”Ronan sneered at him, but his pulse heaved. “Tell me then, prophet.”Noah said, “It’s not my job to tell other people’s secrets.

No man bears more responsibility for the present worldwide financial crisis and coming depression than Alan Greenspan.

Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

I have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.'

There's an actual physiological thing that happens to me on tour. There's that moment where I sit in my seat and click the seatbelt, and five seconds later I fall asleep.