the only thing worse than a bigot is an “ally” who can’t stop congratulating themselves on their enlightenment.

what it is is the memory of a dance a song you heard long ago to hear it is to be young again and for once for once you are happy

They’d come for you, and this time they’d come with we

don’t tell me not to drink. not to smoke. not to grieve. if i speak of these things it’s because i have to— but i am not speaking to you.

But it turns out Joy is a house built from the same bricks as Sorrow. Pleasure is a poem, and it uses the same words as Pain.

people say life is

The second day, I watched you suffer through one of your nightmares, but this one was worse than I’d seen before. You called out another man’s name.

I watched you roll off me and step away from the bed in silence, but when the heat of your body was gone, I wanted it back.

I wanted to take your hand into mine and kiss it.I never dared.

So. Monday. We meet again.We will never be friends—but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership.

The best sci-fi stories use the fantastical to remind us of the reality of who we are today, the hope of who we may become tomorrow, and the shame of who we were yesterday.

Our passion, even our insult, could be turned into a blessing.

Love is the most beautiful of dreams and the worst of nightmares.

There are lots of things that I'd like to be, and nice just doesn't seem good enough.

In order for us and our families to withstand the pressures of the world, we must be filled with light and gospel truth.

I'm not irreplaceable ... I'm nothing but grass growing on the ground; when the grass dies, another one replaces it.

Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective.

Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.

The rich will always betray the poor.

It's just life, so keep dancing through.

Ad campaigns are necessary for competition. But good PR educates people; that's all it is.