Lorde

"History repeats itself because we refuse to learn from it."

"Literature is proof that human experience transcends time."

"Peace is an active choice, not a passive state."

"Leadership is about making people feel less alone in their struggles."

"Work should fulfill you, not consume you."

"Humor is how we survive the unbearable parts of being human."

"Money is just energy, and energy can be used for good or harm."

"Faith doesn't require religion; it just requires believing in something bigger."

"Education should teach you how to think, not what to think."

"Solitude is where I find the pieces of myself that society tells me to lose."

"Relationships are mirrors that show you who you really are."

"Politics is personal because everything you believe affects how you live."

"War is what happens when we stop trying to understand each other."

"Science and art aren't opposites; they're just different ways of asking why."

"Hope is the most dangerous and necessary thing we have."

"Death teaches us that time is the only thing we can't get back."

"I believe in telling the stories that society wants to keep hidden."

"I think that misery is the thing that people make when they don't understand their own power."

"Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are."

"The desire to be loved is the most beautiful thing in the world."

"I want to be dramatic, I want to be manipulative, I want to be a bitch."

"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what actually sustains us is feeling good about yourself."

"I'm trying to figure out what to say, which is hard because sometimes it's hard to even know what you're feeling."

"Money doesn't change you, it reveals who you are."

"When you're young, you don't see the layers of a person."

"I think being sad and angry is just part of the human experience."

"The thing that's kept me sane is understanding that I'm not in control."

"I want my legacy to be that I changed people's minds about themselves."

"There's something deeply satisfying about holding a grudge."

"Purity is just an idea that we've invented, and it's a boring idea."