“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...”

“I want to be a Renaissance Woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I just want to do everything.”

“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...”

“Justice is the only worship.Love is the only priest.Ignorance is the only slavery.Happiness is the only good.The time to be happy is now,The place to be happy is here,The way to be happy is to make...”

“Be a good human.”

“Our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.”

“What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.”

“You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.”

“Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I'm gay: well, the fact that I'm flamboyantly gay.”