“I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”

“Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back.”

“There is creative reading as well as creative writing.”

“It is not that the dumb cannot be taught, It is that the teachers failed to teach”

“Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being unaware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn’t know what I was aware of.”

“I don’t know about you but I’ve learned plenty from mistakes and I want to learn from laughing now.”

“La curiosidad no está sujeta a los fueros, ni teme a las penas. Mas se atreve más contra lo que más se prohíbe.”

“All growth is essentially an expansion of awareness.”

“One cannot become a pundit by proxy.”

“When in doubt, adopt an attitude of curiosity.”

“How it is possible to learn anything if you you feel that you know everything”

“If you can’t be advised you can’t advance”

“We learn from the pages of history who we are and who we have been. We learn from our greatness and our darkness. We cannot predict the future, but studying where we’ve been helps us better understand where we are.”

“Making mistakes is the only way to learn, ye ken? Look at me. I’m the wisest woman in Scotland.”

“Approaching new people, never being afraid to ask questions, clearly expressing emotions, moving, playing and laughing. There is a lot we can learn from our children.”