If you feel something calling you to dance or write or paint or sing, please refuse to worry about whether you're good enough . Just do it. Be generous. Offer a gift to the world no one else can offer : yourself.

I think when your heart hurts this much it means you opened it wide once- and that is something to be proud of.

I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.

It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.

No relationship would be successful without a little compromise. If you can't learn to do that then I'm sorry to say your relationship will never survive. Love is about giving and taking, it's not just about smiles and kind words. Compromise is key.

I was what they call a 'highly functional addict.' ... sometimes people who need help look nothing like people who need help.