“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”

“Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.”

“Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.”

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”

“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”

“I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE.”

“She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness.”

“If you don't learn to laugh at life it'll surely kill you, that I know.”

“Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”

“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”

“Self acceptance is a key factor in life.”

“To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".”

“Self-confidence and self-will are strength for sacred accomplishments.”

“The Lord is my strength.”

“I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy? I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn.....”