I'm my own person, and in that I'm unique. Pain, anguish, those are all just part of the experience. The more you go through, the stronger you become.

There must be logical minds among all species if they hope to survive. Not everyone can be bridled with hope and optimism.

If you always depend on others then you'll never succeed. It's best to learn that lesson now.

One person should never decide what happens to the majority.

The way I see it, you can live your life as is, continuing to feel like an underdog, or you can step up. Be someone who matters, and make a change.

One thing is painfully clear-I can't trust anyone.

There had been trials involving water, a time when witches were persecuted, bound, and tossed into the largest nearby body of water to see if they would sink or swim.

Things around here function on lies because if people knew the truth, it wouldn't work.

It seems ironic, expecting the unexpected, like she had fabricated pieces of her story to make it more interesting. Considering my boredom with the current version, I can't imagine the first draft.

The moods he's shown me have all been vastly different...as different as summer and winter, sometimes with fall between them.

There are things in this life that you must face alone. Birth is one of them-death is another.

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

Here's the thing, back in the day, a lot of guys would make fun of me, that I would sing and dance, that I was a cheerleader. But I kept my head on straight. I had goals.

Awareness is the birthplace of possibility. Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here.

I know I can't make everyone happy, but I know I can do the most justice I can possibly do to a character, or any character, if I put my all into it. That's the choice you have to make.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

As I've said before and I've said it in the past.

Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.