“If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.”

“I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination.”

“I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is....”

“You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.”

“I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future.”

“I just am a snob when it comes to humor.”

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”

“I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire.”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”