"I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice."

"The good news is that you don't know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is."

"I don't want to be like my mother, or like Mrs. van Daan—I want to be something entirely different."

"Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."

"There's a saying that 'clothes make the man.' I wouldn't say that, but I would say that clothes make the woman."