Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point at which non-violent revolution becomes impossible.

We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity.

What a waste my life would be without all the beautiful mistakes I've made.

Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.

My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen." — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)

If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

I will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse.

Valor is superior to number.

Nothing is as invisible as the obvious.

You are the Soul and the medicine for what wounds the Soul.

My father beat me with a curtain rod when I was nine, (That was) the inspiration for Creep

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.