Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

Being a star requires risk-taking shoes.

And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June, when I was willing to hand myself over free and clear. Now I needed her to return it all to me, with the faith that I could make my own way.

Life's too short to worry about the little things. Enjoy what you have today, not what you might get tomorrow

Like I, of all people, didn't know better than to lead a total stranger to the point where they could hurt me most, knowing how easily they'd be able to find their way back to it.

I've given lots of people chances. But there's only so much faith you can have in people.

And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.