"Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else."

"Zeal will do more than knowledge."

"We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts."

"Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves."

"I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn't understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls."

"Love takes up where knowledge leaves off."

"I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon."

"It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument."