Poetry's role is to provide spontaneous individual candor as distinct from manipulation and brainwash.
I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
Don't lie to your partner. Ultimately the expression on your face gives you away, and they feel betrayed by the lie. If this is the person you're going to be with - forever and ever, for better or worse - they will love you for all of your good and all of your bad. They'll love you for you. So open communication is key. I have no secrets and no skeletons in my closet with my husband, and I love that. I feel comfortable and at ease with myself when I'm around him. I love the woman that I've become with him.
You have to always remember to be yourself.
I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.
I went to eight different schools my first nine years of school.
Even when I was down, I treated myself as a star and eventually the world would catch up.
Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.
You will find no answers here, just choices.
If you're waiting for inspiration, you'll wait until you're dead.