"I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself."

"I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of 'Vogue' and 'Rolling Stone,' and like I think it's really important that people are talking about your body, because if they don't, then you'll never be able to break that barrier."

"All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds."

"I was born to be married. I just feel comfortable there. I love the idea of being partnered for ever. I love my girlfriend, we've been best friends since I was 18. There's not a thing we haven't been through except for marriage... We've had talks about what we would name our kids since we were in our 20s."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"It is a enduring truth that a steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest."

"The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes."

"It is a subtle truth that kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together — an essential principle for the reflective life."