Football was the best route to obtain my independence.

Make-up is the last thing to enhance your beauty, but it's very important because it builds up your self-confidence and gives you more courage.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

Set fire to the broken pieces

I wanted it more than enough. I wanted it with every fiber of my being, and I had the power to make it happen - to make it so I was the one Drew wanted, not Lizzie

There is no correct path. We pave our own roads. Don't be afraid to find your own way. ... I hate to see people hung up on "what they're supposed to do". Decide for yourself. There is no other way

You are the only real authority in your life, but you yield that status to so many externals by believing in them, by having been punished or forced into accepting them.

I will no longer be judged by the standards of others. I will judge myself. I will not live by someone else's rules. I will make my own.

It is not real, he whispered. This place is only a thought that has grabbed hold of you. It cannot harm you. You are not of this place, and it has no power over you. You do not need it, nor do you owe...

We all have choices. What are you choosing to believe about yourself, and about your life? Believing you don't have a choice is a choice.

Create your own future

Those who think fate is against them have already crucified themselves. They have already decided what fate should do with them

For me, the times that I dressed provocatively had been empowering. It felt good. It's those times that I felt comfortable in my own skin. Like really, really comfortable. And let's face it, body...

Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I put the sexy in dyslexia.

We can't help the way we're born. We can't help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves.

... It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in the shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there... and really cool to see you step out of it. I...

Melanin Fiercely Poppin' on Purpose.

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

Courage is a tool and a weapon. With just a little, you can build your life and use it to fend for yourself in the world.

MagicSandra's seen a leprechaun, Eddie touched a troll, Laurie danced with witches once, Charlie found some goblins' gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing, Susy spied an elf, but all the magic I have...

But she squared her shoulders. Straightened her spine. My name is Celaena Sardothien, she whispered, and I will not be afraid.

You can't just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.