"I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person."

“Rolex, mo sex, good weed, no stress, run my town, arms, chest, lift weights, bowflex”

“The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift.”

“When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.”

Source : Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.189, University of Chicago Press

“I wake up and check my Instagram to see what I missed out on last night. Then I check my Twitter. Then I check my Tumblr.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 15, 2012.

“The dragon-fly is dancing,— Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers all admire Her light-blue, gauze-like, neat attire; They laud her blue complexion, And think her shape perfection...”

“Why is Earth Day, today, also Lenin's birthday? Coincidence? Or does it signal the true intent of the national and worldwide environmental movement?”

“Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.”

“I have noticed that teachers get exciting confused with boring a lot.”

Source : Sara Pennypacker, Marla Frazee (2007). “Talented Clementine, The (Scholastic POB)”, Hyperion