The avant-garde spirit is not just a youthful sentiment — I live my life by it.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

Vulnerability is like a connector... it connects you to the rest of the world.

Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.

A person without imagination is like a teabag without hot water.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

The first time you do something only happens once.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.