Celia St. James

"I wanted to matter. To mean something to someone, anyone."

"Ambition is the only thing that's never let me down."

"I learned that love makes you weak. And I couldn't afford to be weak."

"Some mistakes you make because you're young and stupid. Others you make because you're desperate."

"I've been called a lot of things: ambitious, calculating, selfish. They were all true."

"The only constant in my life has been myself. And I barely knew who that was."

"I chose to be unforgettable. And I succeeded."

"Love is something that happens to other people. I was too busy surviving to let it happen to me."

"I learned the value of silence. What you don't say is often more powerful than what you do."

"Every scar tells a story. And I have so many stories."

"I refused to be a footnote in someone else's story."

"The world wasn't kind to me. So I learned to be unkind back."

"I've had everything. And in the end, everything wasn't enough."

"Forgiveness is a luxury I've never been able to give myself."

"I wanted to be remembered as someone who mattered. As someone who was seen."

"The greatest role I ever played was myself."

"I learned that you can't build a life on secrets. They crack the foundation."

"I was the author of my own story. And I wrote it in fire."

"The only thing worse than being forgotten is being remembered incorrectly."

"I've spent my life running from the girl I used to be. Maybe it's time to stop running."