“Trumps America is not America: not todays or tomorrows, but yesterdays.Trumps America is brutal, perverse, regressive, insular and afraid. There is no hope in it; there is no light in it. It is a v...”

“I had been fortified by trauma, the way a bone, once broken, grows back stronger than it had been.”

“The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.”

“It was words and reading that had made me quiet, and being quiet had made me a mark.”

“Children see God every day; they just don't call it that. It's the summer sky painted with cumulus clouds by day and sequined with a million stars by night. It's the sweet whispers of sweet gum tre...”

“A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or its really hard to catch.”

“None of us can choose where we shall love...”

“There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.”

“Whales feel cohesion, a sense of community, of loyalty. The distress call of a lone whale is enough to prompt its entire pod to rush to its side- a gesture that lands them nose to nose in the same ...”

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and ...”

“A man who preserves his integrity no real, long-lasting harm can ever come.”

“I lie to her. Because this world is not safe. The people who are supposed to protect us, the people we are supposed to trust -- I know that sometimes they are the ones who do the most harm.”

“Malicious men may die, but malice never.”

“Malicious men may die, but malice never.”