Adele

I didn’t talk to anyone about [postpartum depression]. I was very reluctant.. Four of my friends felt the same way I did, and everyone was too embarrassed to talk about it.

I enjoy being me; I always have done. I’ve seen people where it rules their lives, you know, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and how it wears them down. And I don’t want that in my life.

I’ve never had a problem with how I look. I’d rather have lunch with friends than go to the gym.

I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women, and I’m very proud of that.

I have insecurities, of course, but I don’t hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks, as long as you’re happy.

To be your own person, you need good friends. Friends are the treasure of your life.

I’m a lightweight, easy to fall easy to break.

Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.

Didn’t want y’all to call me fat, so I got liposuction. And they gave me opioids.

I think I remind everyone of themselves. Not saying everyone is my size, but it’s relatable because I’m not perfect, and I think a lot of people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy.

I’m fragile just washed upon the shore.

People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.

Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul.

You are beautiful not because you are better than others, but because there is only you who can smile like that.