It was a time of great loneliness. He had a group of friends, and suddenly I had no one and did not understand why. I felt excluded. Some days, the majority was in high school and did not know who to talk to. And that is something really terrible when you're twelve years old.

All I ever do is learn from my mistakes so I don't make the same ones again. Then I make new ones.

Always consider giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game... And if it's a game, then you need to win.

Appreciate what you have while you have it.

It's possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.

I was the girl who didn’t get invited to parties.

My parents raised me to never feel like I was entitled to success.That you have to work for it. You have to work so hard for it. And sometimes then you don't even get where you need to go.