Whew! You two are blowing hotter air than a tornado circlin’ a volcano in Hades.

You don't take away my choices. You are my choice.

What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know.

Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I'd ever make.

I could feel the warmth of his presence as if a soft blanket had been wrapped around my soul, around my heart. It held me and protected me. It sheltered me and I knew I wasn't alone anymore.

Regrets are only felt by those who do not understand life's purpose.

If anyone can overcome a fear for the ocean, you can, little lady. Courage is being scared to death and saddlin' up anyway.

Oregon welcomed me like a beloved child, enfolded me in her cool arms, shushed my turbulent thoughts, and promised peace through her whispering pines.

Bad things sometimes happen to good people; the key to happiness is try to make the best of, and be thankful for the hand we're dealt

Tarzan-like men are my weakness, apparently.

(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access.

Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.

If women have failed to make “universal” art because we’re trapped within the “personal, ” why not universalize the “personal” and make it the subject of our art?

Man is many things, but he is not rational.

Before your greatest victories, you will always fight your greatest battles. Stay in the Fight.

A blind pursuit of cheap popularity has nothing to do with revolu

The price of freedom keeps going up, but the quality keeps deteriorating.

But you were something more than young and sweet And fair, - and the long year remembers you.

Liberation is an interesting word, because you can be liberated from external things, and also from your internal dialogue.

The only real failure is the failure to grow from what we go through

My first film was with Cuba Gooding Jr, 'The Fighting Temptations,' and I had a little part here and there on little shows as guest stars. And I've taken acting classes.