“The scariest thing about the world is knowing it goes on when you're not there.”

“And stop calling people gay. I don't even know why that's an insult. There are real gay people in the world, you know, and there's nothing wrong with them. Calling someone gay, like it's a bad thing, is like calling someone a dentist--it doesn't make any freaking sense!”

“I never once said, This is not who I am. Because, maybe, I didn't know who I was, so I just let someone else tell me.”

“Intelligence is not found when you have a plan, rather it's measured when you have no clue what you're doing.”

“The wonderful thing about self-worth is that only you can judge its true value.”

“Like all their peers they went about things in the reverse order to the practice of their parents generation. They had sex, realised they got on really well then fell in love.”

“The longer you have to wait for something, the more you will appreciate it when it finally arrives. The harder you have to fight for something, the more priceless it will become once you achieve it. And the more pain you have to endure on your journey, the sweeter the arrival at your destination. All good things are worth waiting for and worth fighting for.”