“Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do”

“Isn't it better to be alone than pretend you're someone else? Be you. Find you. Be happy with that.”

“… no sooner had you done something than someone else appeared who threatened to do it better.”

“Your heart, the compassionate part of you, knows that it’s impossible to feel better at the expense of someone else.”

“No matter who you are, there is some part of you that always wishes you were someone else.”

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.”

“How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?”

“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”

“But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.”

“Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.”