When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.

I still want what I've always wanted ... to be the best person I can be.

I tried to empty myself and let the spirit of Sethe inhabit me.

Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.

The deepest courage we can exercise is continuing to believe in our dreams until we make them come true.

I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.