I'm not going to conform, and hurt myself, and do something crazy to be a size 2.

I love Adele, I want her to be my best friend. She could come to the U.S., live with me and sing to me every morning.

I am so girly. I love dresses.

I want to encourage young women to stand up for each other and speak up when they see others in a tough situation.

I dreamed really big when I was little.

When I receive letters from girls that say, 'You give me confidence,' I think, 'Wow, this is amazing.' That's my goal: to let people know it's truly what's on the inside that counts.

It's nice to have a boyfriend, but it's even nicer to own your house when you're 21.

As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness.

Treat your body like you would treat a friend.

What is the use in being a celebrity if you can't use the platform to help?

I worked at Ikea as a customer service rep for two years and loved it.

Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.

I love team sports.

[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood.

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?

I was the basest of readers. All I wanted was my own world, and myself in it, given back to me in artful shapes and accessible form.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

In Christian terms, evangelization and humanization are not alternatives. Nor are the vertical dimension of faith and the horizontal dimension of love for ones neighbor and political change.

The geeks shall inherit the earth.

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'