Melissa Virtueson

"I'm just trying to get through the day without anyone noticing how lost I am."

"Sometimes the best thing you can do is admit you have no idea what you're doing."

"Why does everyone expect me to have it all figured out?"

"I think happiness is just not thinking about how unhappy you might be."

"Success is relative, especially when you're related to people who set the bar ridiculously high."

"Friends are the people who don't immediately tell you how weird you are."

"Family is complicated, but at least they have to love you."

"Hope is what keeps you from giving up on Thursday."

"Courage is just fear with better PR."

"Change is inevitable, which is why I'm staying exactly the same."

"Education teaches you what you need to know to realize how much you don't know."

"Knowledge is power, but ignorance is more comfortable."

"Time moves differently when you're waiting for something."

"The truth is usually disappointing, which is why I prefer elaborate lies."

"Freedom means the right to make your own mistakes."

"Peace is just the absence of conflict, which is nearly impossible."

"Nature is beautiful from a distance, preferably through a window."

"Art is whatever you can convince someone else is art."

"Science explains why things don't work the way you thought they would."

"Music is the only thing that makes sense when nothing else does."

"Faith is believing in something you can't prove, which sounds familiar."

"Leadership is just convincing people you know where you're going."

"Work is what you do to avoid thinking about your life."

"Dreams are what you have when you're not paying attention."

"Humor is the only sane response to insanity."

"Beauty is a conspiracy to make you feel inadequate."

"Death is the one thing we all have in common, which is oddly comforting."

"Perseverance is just stubbornness with a better reputation."

"Gratitude is remembering that things could always be worse."

"Creativity is finding a way to make your problems seem interesting."