You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy

Love is dangerous, if you know it's dangerous, that makes you treasure it, and you'll work harder to keep it.

I know I have to do the right thing. And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life? Instead, you procrastinate and think about it and put it off and think about it some more until that one little pebble grows into a giant block inside your head.

Oh I don't plan on getting married. It's a legalized form of prostitution.

The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.

A writer must be fearless. A writer has to be like a clawed animal." -The Carrie Diaries pg. 337