It's very weird to succeed at thirty-nine years old and realize that in the midst of your failure, you were slowly building the life that you wanted anyway.

One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.

Your first kiss is destiny knocking.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

Hey, Ocean Eyes,” my father said. “Where’d you go on us?

Since then I've always thought that under rape in the dictionary it should tell the truth. It is not just forcible intercourse; rape means to inhabit and destroy everything.