"You have to have endless love with constant boundaries. But 'setting examples' is one of the most essential aspects of being a good parent. Or, hell, a good person."
"I will literally kill myself to rake them through the lessons I've learned about how insecurity is not an option. It just isn't. When I was a late teenager, I had a boyfriend who cheated on me and I remember feeling so bad about myself — I felt shame. And I remember blaming myself, like why am I not enough? She must be so great and I'm just not enough. And then I thought, what if I decided to never think this way again? And what if I decided that I am what I am and for someone that will be enough for them."
"When I first started having children, people were like, 'Well, what are you going to tell them about [your upbringing]?' And there was always a connotation and insinuation of, 'You should be ashamed.' But that's crazy. [My daughters] are going to know I'm not some holier-than-thou person who just doesn't want them to live. I just want to guide them in the best way possible."