“I think there are pieces of yourself that you will always guard.”

“Confidence isn’t walking into a room with your nose in the air and thinking you are better than everyone else. It’s walking into a room and not having to compare yourself to anyone in the first place.”

“I often don’t say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of bottles of rage, despair, fear, but you’d never guess from looking at me.”

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

“You are not free until you have no need to impress anybody.”

“Self respect. If you don’t have it, the world will walk all over you.”