"I'm getting better at not having to make friends with everyone. It's okay if we don't agree. It's okay if you walk out of her and don't understand, or I don't get you. I'm not going to do anything now that doesn't feel good. When before I would just go numb and think, 'What are they going to think of me if I don't do this or that?' I now have a better handle on it and I'm not a sweetie pie; I'm more awake. There are compromises in life, but not if you have to become something you aren't."

- Tori Amos