All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.

You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

My identity depended on men for so long. You can be successful and still have the feeling that if you're not with a man you don't exist.

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.