I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I've been free of it for many years now. Finding the place in my own mind and heart to win that battle without using medication, finding the place within myself where I could be alive again, that was one of the biggest challenges I've faced.

In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.

I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.

Evangeline Lilly Quotes