“I've always said, stuff the engagement ring! Just build me a really big library.”

“I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didnt even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew Id found a solid group of friends...”

“If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you dont, thats wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, dont shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surfac...”

“The saddest thing a girl can do is dumb herself down for a guy.”

“When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved sports teams, because they didnt want to appear muscle-y, when at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings, I decid...”

“Dont let anyone tell you what you can and cant do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be. Just encourage and include each other, dont ostracize the gender in front of you.”

“To create different work, one needs new tools and materials”

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the...”

“Remember that self-doubt is as self-centered as self-inflation. Your obligation is to reach as deeply as you can and offer your unique and authentic gifts as bravely and beautifully as you're able.”

“Sometimes the only thing we can do for people is pray.”

“You simply cannot know the depth of your magnificence without the contrast of life.”

“No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Gre...”