There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. (Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.