“ A man only has the right to look down at another when he helps him to lift himself up. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“ Feelings are like blankets, covering you up so you can't see clearly, or like mazes you can too easily get lost inside. I am terrified of getting lost. Corey Ann Haydu
“ I felt significantly insignificant, as if my presence in the world, albeit small, was still necessary. Jewel E. Ann
“ Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, enter inside, and shut the door behind him. I never saw him again. Harper Lee
“ My people? Who are they?I went into the church where the congregationWorshiped my God. Were they my people?I felt no kinship to them as they knelt there.My people! Where are they?I went into the land… Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni
“ ...our free will could convert a curse into a blessing or a blessing into a curse...To transform a crisis into an opportunity was true wisdom Radhanath Swami
“ Gloomy roomimmersed in a scentof modern cowardsfilled withshapeless creaturessitting in silencebecause they havenothing to sayFake plastic faceswith a grimaceof disappointmentpainted on themAre we stu… Asper Blurry
“ The less people know, the more they talk. The less people understand, the more they try to explain. Vironika Tugaleva
“ The truth is, our parents are but part of the equation that forms us―because the only thing more powerful than fate is free will. Romina Russell
“ I love that there's no cutoff where we get labeled and sent off to a home for hopeless, cranky, depressives. Every day is a new chance to listen longer and be braver and love more. We get to try again… Anna White
“ The more of those little light bulbs that can turn on the better. Eventually you’ll have enough to light up a movie screen. A.D. Posey
“ What we [writers] do might be done in solitude and with great desperation, but it tends to produce exactly the opposite. It tends to produce community and in many people hope and joy. Junot Diaz
“ I'm here by choice, I reminded myself. I'm here because I can't bear to be not- here anymore. I'm here because I can't tell right from wrong, light from dark. I'm here because I can't stand being me.… Cate Tiernan
“ Come, come into this circle of grace and friendship.Come bringing only your open heart.You owe us nothing but truth, you need no heavy armor here.Show us your beautiful scars, the evidence of adventur… Jacob Nordby
