“What I'm certain I don't want is to find myself someday in a new century, an old bitter woman looking back, wishing that right now I'd had more nerve.”

“I don't like doing interviews, I don't like doing what I'm doing right now. I'd rather be at home playing my guitar.”

Eddie Van Halen (1955) Dutch-American rock musician

“Be happy, honey. No
one deserves it more. But don't forget… I'm
keeping one little piece of your heart for myself.
And if you ever want it back… you know
where to find it.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

“I had an alarm, I had nerve gas, I had a yogurt. What more could anyone want?”

Janet Evanovich book One for the Money

“I find myself looking into people's eyes more than I ever did before. And I realize, that's where we stop being a certain gender or color. Just look right into the center of the eye.”

David Levithan book Another Day

“I'm not looking back, but I want to look around me now.
-- Time Stand Still (1987)”

Neil Peart (1952–2020) Canadian-American drummer , lyricist, and author

“I don't want… to run away by myself… because no matter what… I'd rather be together with everyone…”

Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist

“When I was your age… I wish I'd known that I already had everything I needed within myself to be happy, instead of looking for happiness at beauty counters.”

Ilene Beckerman (1935) American journalist

“I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.”

Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead

“I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery.”

Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American comedian, actress, and television host