“We’re so happy, even when we’re smiling out of fear.”

It feels so scary getting old.

Don’t let some random comment that you wouldn’t have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.

The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.

I’ve totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what’s right for you. I know exactly what’s right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, ‘Don’t do that, don’t do that,’ you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

Don’t be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.

Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.

The smarter the person, the more boring the instagram account.

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

Everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive.

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars.

Of course I got lipstick all over my lil’ nose in about 5 seconds, nothing’s changed.

I’m terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It’s something that wakes me up at night.

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don’t think it’s breeding anything good in young girls.

I believe passion is the sword of love that pierces through the wall of fears that hold us back.

We’ve never understood the hate you fear in us. Our love makes protests feel like celebrations.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

Your limits are liars, you fears are thieves.

Fear is a great signal. It’s like a pain signal. Hey, look at me, look at me. Get your focus right over here, at the pain.