“It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.”

“When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.”

“I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.”

“The way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else.”

“I rationalize shop. I buy a dress because I need change for gum.”

“Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.”

“The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.”

“Make for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. Let the children have their night of fun and laughter... resolved that by our daring, these same children shall not be denied their right to live in a free and decent world.”