Jewel

In the end only kindness matters.

Words can be said easily, but one can't fake actions.

We can't underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you don't, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams.

My innocence is not lost__t has been converted into wisdom. The sensation we call "breaking" is the pain that comes from resisting the truth. Life broke parts of me that needed to fall away for me to live an open and truthful life.

This is the best worst time of my life.

My hands are small, I knowBut they're not yours, they are my ownBut they're not yours, they are my ownAnd I am never broken

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether you've earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection__ame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon. Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us.

Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.

Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.

What we believe as human nature in actuality is human habit.

The truest treasure is a soul who believes in its own existence

It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought.

The things you fear are undefeatablenot by their nature but by your approach

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry,'

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.