“Telling yourself you like the way you look is easy. Believing it is an entirely different kettle of whales.”

“You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!”

“This morning look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you’re going to have a great and positive day, you will see the difference.”

“the real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself”

“It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.”

“If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.”