"I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances."

"My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't."

"Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad one who gladly admits she reached the size she is now solely through lack of discipline and love of pleasure, and who rather despises people (except those with proven medical conditions) who pretend that it is generally otherwise."

"Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."