“I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”

“There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

“I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.”

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”

“I do not need to know all things. I remind myself that it is sufficient that I know what I know and know that without believing that I will always know what I know or that what I know will always be true.”