“You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it.”

“A single girl who needs nobody makes people uncomfortable, my mom is right in this, appearance is everything, and appearing to have no one is like swimming alone in the middle of the ocean with a flesh wound.”

“Don't be a fool, there is no such thing as just a girl.”

“The HermitI’d gladly climb the highest steepleTo escape those middle minded peopleJet Set WeddingI wake up screaming clutching my wedding bandThe garnet ring is still a constant companion on my fingerBut what happened to the marriage?Fruitland AveHe taught her not to love nor hateAnd he my friend was double gateThe Closing(On Death and Acceptance)When he died the funeral took place at her bankAnd sadly enough she’s down to her very last frankThe MisogynistHe sits on his throne a hilltop aloneFor women’s neurosis cause men’s psychosisHome Sweet HomeThe neurotic builds the dreamhouseThe psychotic becomes his spouseMonogamyI’d rather be someone’s concubine, smell the honeysuckleTaste the wine, than end up being a clinging vineThe Gour MaidI like champagne, and french brie, and camembertAnd men that don’t get in my hair”

“I've learned that our backgrounds and circumstances may have influenced our lives, but we are responsible for who we become and in the same breath, who we become can't be preached and can only really be shown through our actions.”

“Although my speaking will reflect the grace and mercy I've been offered and humbly accepted, I don't have to say much because words only go so far. At the end of the day, it will not be the year of my birth or the year of my death that will matter; it will be that hyphen in the midst of it all that will display how I lived my life; will tell a full and complete story; will say more than my mouth could utter.My actions, my trials, my triumphs, my defeats, my victories - my life will preach louder than an auditory testimony ever could.I am working on the person I want to remember.”

“Belief is not always easy. It is equal parts doubt and astonishment and gratitude and confusion. And then you see how deeply colored the sky is, how the grass is so sharply fragrant, how the fields are a dazzling gold, and you have to step back and breathe in this wild fabulous world. We live in the space of abundant questions and inadequate answers. How else can we live?”