Sometimes there's something that you need a few takes to get it and if it takes 15 takes, it takes 15 takes. It really depends.

Dreams are reality waiting to happen

Life happens. Adapt. Embrace change, and make the most of everything that comes your way.

Don't let the world around you defeat the belief within you.

Stop hoping, start believing.

I know that each and everyone of you have felt, at one point, like you couldn't go on. But then you found hope. There's always a way to find hope. Remember that.

Live like you're at the bottom, even if you're at the top

There's always some way to find hope. Remember that.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ you have everything.

I thought the popular kids were the cool kids. I got caught up in that, and it was bogus. School is about finding who you are because thats more important than not being yourself.

I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key.

A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor.

Weird doors open. People fall into things.

It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so.

I'd rather be overweight and curvy than super thin with no curves. I'm proud of my body.

Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]

Our bodies need real, fresh food to maintain health.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

Choice of aim is clearly a matter of clarification of values, especially on the choice between possible options.

I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered that I didn't need to. If the thing is true, why there it is.