(This is Katie Piper. She has chemical burns on her face, hands and neck and is blind in one eye after she was attacked with acid. She’s still beautiful!)

"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."

"I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it."

Fallout

It’s easy to say it’s for the best,
When you want more,
While you leave me with less.

"Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit."

Porcelain

Oh, when your heart loses,
You won’t fall to pieces.
You’ll let those old diseases lie.
Oh, and your heart releases,
You won’t fall to pieces,
And your breath comes crashing in,
Like perfect porcelain.

So Soon

And I know it seems beneath me,
But sometimes it’s not so easy,
To wish you well and let you go.

"We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion."

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."