I think I've gone through my life with the understanding that you've got to let go and you can't think that you're going to control your destiny.

Beauty is more than just shining for others. You don’t need to have the perfect face to be beautiful. Being ugly or beautiful is a matter of energy, and true beauty comes from the heart.

I've always had an aversion to looking sexy, but I've grown out of it.

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.

Nobody lived my life. Nobody cried my tears. So don't judge me.

This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was a choice between who I am and who I should be.

Hate me for who I am, I don't care. At least I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not.

I think what I've come to now is, that fear is good; it's what life is about. You need to be afraid because fear gives you the strength to carry on important tasks.

If you follow your heart, you're never going to regret anything, even if you completely mess up constantly.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay.

We weren't really friends yet, just knowers of each other's secret stuff.

If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital.

... I experienced, suddenly, that special pleasure, which bore no resemblance to any other...

did everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer.

When I was in the penitentiary after being accused of killing a policeman, I was more in the system in the penitentiary than ever.

When the fire of your soul ignites the passion within your heart, don't view it as an opportunity for success or failure, view it as an open door for miracles.

It feels important to go school; not necessarily to further my education, but more like a hobby.

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

During a national crisis, we as a nation become a single community and no one should take advantage of a crisis.

Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their readers.