Suicide: such an evil word. Shh, we shouldn’t be talking about that! They say that it’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. But what if the problem isn’t so temporary? What if the only belief you have left is the belief that happiness is beyond your reach? What if the idea of death is like ecstasy to you? What if the only thing in the world that you want is to be alive physically just as much as mentally? If you’re already dead on the inside, there’s no real point in being alive on the outside. ~Talia G.

This isn’t about everyone else --I gave up on everyone else a long time ago. This is about me and finally accepting myself. This is about you and finally letting you know the real me.

It’s a big girl world, now, full of big girl things, and every day I wish I was small. ~Kendall Payne

She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn’t come along, she went over to the palace and got him. ~Walt Disney on Cinderella

I’m being charged with being different. I’m serving time for believing in myself. I’m gonna die because I choose not to be like you.

I wish I were a teddy bear. Everybody loves them,nobody cares how fat they are, and the older they get, the more they are worth.

Sometimes I get so caught up in how I am supposed to look, how I’m supposed to talk and how I am supposed to act that I forget how I want to look, how I want to talk how I want to act. The pressure to be perfect is killing me.

This is the last straw. I’m not going to sit around feeling sorry for myself. I am sick of pretending to be happy when I know deep down I am dying. I always think how much I wish my life were different, but wishing is foolish unless I am willing to make a change. This is the end. I am not going to let my life pass me by anymore. From this day forth, I am alive.

You say I’m always happy and that I’m good at what I do, but what you’ll never realize is I’m a damn good actress, too.

Heros get remembered, but legends never die. Follor your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong. ~The Sand Lot

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.

You have to be yourself. Be very honest about who and what you are and if people still like you, that’s fine. If they don’t, that’s their problem. Life’s too short to be judgemental.

"Although teenagers claim independence and idealism, we have a common need for guidance, love, a shoulder to occasionally cry on, and at times a close friend to be a sounding board... to listen without advice." ~ Jaqui Phillips

"My feeling is that labels are for canned soup... I am what I am, and I know what I am." ~ Michael Stipe

"I may not have gone where I intended to go... but I think I ended up where I intended to be." ~ Douglas Adams

"And the end of our exploring
will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time" -t.s.eliot

This game is not about fashion or overpriced shoes. It's about intestinal fortitude -- guts. My mind is sharp and my will is iron. I may not be the biggest player out there, but nothing is larger than my determination because I came to play and I'll beat you every time.

They might beat me because they're taller. They might beat me because they're faster. But they'll never beat me because I wasn't ready.

Whoever you are, there is someone younger who thinks you are perfect; there is some job that will go undone if you don't do it; there is someone who would miss you if you were gone; and there is a space that only you can fill.

"I cannot choose to be strong, but I can choose to be happy. And when I choose to do that, strength will follow." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Doubt yourself and doubt everything you see; judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment and you can see forever.

If you knew me yesterday, please do not think I am the same person that you are meeting today. I have experienced more of life, I have encountered new depths in those I love. I have suffered and I have prayed and I am different.

"Someone was hurt before you; wronged before you; beaten before you; humiliated before you; raped before you; yet, someone SURVIVED." ~ Maya Angelou

" The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too
so while you point your fingers someone else is judging you" ~Bob Marley

"If anyone asks you how I am, just say I'm doing fine. If you will do that for me, I'll do the same for you sometime. But if anyone asks you where I've gone, don't say where I am. Just say you saw me and I'm doing fine, 'cause I'm doing the best that I can." ~ Carole King

"You can never achieve perfection, but to strive for it, you can achieve excellence." ~ Vince Lomb

"There may be men out there who can beat me. But they're going to have to bleed to do it." ~ Steve Prefontaine

"To improve, you must make your weaknesses your strengths." ~ Paul Summit

"One thing I never want to be accused of is not working." ~ Don Shula

Seeing me, meeting me, and knowing me are all different things.

"You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to slowly walk it down the stairs." ~ Mark Twain

Do you know what I want most? I wanna be good at something. I wanna be someone's hero and make someone smile. I wanna make just one person's life better.

To rise higher, aim higher.

"To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as...to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead." ~Og Mandino

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." ~ Harvey Fierstein

I will stare at the sun until my eyes go blind. I won't change my directoin and I won't change my mind.

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