My career always involved being the person in charge of what I was portraying to people. "I never wanted to be an image of something I didn't believe in, an image that somebody else had put together. The idea of that just really scared me, more than the idea of failing.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.

Sophistication isn't what you wear and who you know.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.1

With your face and your beautiful eyes and the coversations with the little white lies and the faded picture of a beautiful lie you carry me from your car up the stairs,and I broke down crying was she worth this mess? After everything and that little black dress.After everything i must confess...I need you <3'':) -Taylor Swift

Heartbreak is the national anthem. We sing it proudly.