I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

If you only knew who you really are, you'd be starstruck

You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.

Let other people do it their way. What other people do is irrelevant.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)