I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.

You," he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.

Studies show that intelligent girls are more depressed because they know the world.

History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever.

For this freedom I have given all I had For this darkness I gave my light For this wisdom I have lost my innocence Take my petals And cover me with the night

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time.