“I am forever grateful for not knowingWhat would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy.”

“Never mourn the loss of innocence, because it always brings the much greater gain of wisdom.”

“Emotions are like muscles. Most of them go highly unattended, it's usually the weaker, undefined ones that cause injury to the rest, and there is most certainly memory response in play.”

“Sometimes I feel like one of those sliding tile puzzles. I just get so dang close to what I want to see in the mirror and who I want to be... but then I have to completely jumble up the pieces to t...”

“Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.”

“Do you remember what I forgot?”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“Let's make some funny pictures.”

“Pictures must not be too picturesque.”

“Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.”