"I have to do what I was made for. I must. I must tell my stories." -Ama Livia

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. - Vincent van Gogh

Creativity means letting go of trying to be "perfect"...it means being willing to be wild, silly and downright outrageous." -Christine Mason Miller

“The complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is called maitri, a simple, direct relationship with the way we are.” -Pema Chodron

"Take everything you are--your background, your family, your history, your story, your community, your style, your job, your dreams, your talents, your body, your humor, your sorrow, your joys and make them yours. Be ashamed of nothing. Make the most of what you have and Girl, make it look damn "good...because you can." Kelle Hampton

‎"Friendship is a sheltering tree." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The experience of unconditional love begins in your heart, not in someone else’s. Don’t make your ability to love yourself conditional on someone else’s ability to love you”. -Paul Ferrini