How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was worth kingdoms.

But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.

Remember what I've told you. Remember me.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life

Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever.

That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.