“Reframing your past painful experiences and seeing them in a humorous light takes away the power and emotional charge attached to the memory of the hurtful event.”

“You need to be your own cheer squad not your own worst enemy.”

“When you're having what you feel like is a "bad day" and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.”

“Don't use your past history as an excuse to be miserable. Use your past as a testament to show the world just how far you have come.”

“Don't ever let others impose their self-limiting beliefs on to you. They don't have the courage and spirit that you do.”

“If telling men "don't rape" instead of telling women "don't get raped", is like telling thieves "don't steal" instead of home owners to "lock your houses", why don't we hear more victims of home in...”

“I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.”

“Zane was pretty sure that worries and bossing were related, like a pair of old aunties.”

“You are a devious woman, Blackthorn,' she said. 'I prefer the term strategic thinker.”

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”