Karen

“You don't care what people think," he said.

She couldn't tell from the way he emphasized the words if he was asking a question or making an observation. Still, she felt obliged to answer.
"Of course I care. To a certain extent we all care, but we can't care to the point that we live in fear of others' opinion, that we allow them to change who we are. We must be willing to stand up and defend what represents the very core of our being. Otherwise what is the purpose of individuality? We'd be nothing but imitations of each other, and I daresay we'd all be rather boring.”
― Lorraine Heath, In Bed with the Devil

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
― Nora Ephron

“If you can read, you don't ever have to be lonely.”
― Maggie Osborne

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
― Coco Chanel