“I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing Ill do is go write when those feelings are really, real...”

“Tell me all of the things that make you feel at ease”

“You make my heart shake bend and break”

“And my hopes they are high I must keep them small”

“Which one of us, went and fucked up?”

“No literally the only thing that's stopping us from getting married is the fact that we haven't 'met yet”

“Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.”

“We want our children to become who they are--- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define it doesn't mean doing what you want. Freedom means the ability to make choices th...”

“Education is a system. Learning is an ongoing every day process.”

“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”

“I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In lif...”

“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely ...”

“We are contemporary citizens living in a technological world. Swimming in crosscultural waters can be dangerous, and if you are honest you can't stay there very long. Sooner or later you have to lo...”

“Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun”

“We would do what we must. The world is big. Surely there is a space in it for one like you and one like me.”