I grew up in a very rationalist household. My father, in particular, came from that mid-century tradition of thinking science will ultimately explain everything.

Every organization does good and bad things.

I don't believe that there is anyone of faith whose faith would not be strengthened by those experiences of family.

Treating an identity as an illness invites real illness to make a braver stand.

Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds.

There is a tendency to dehumanize kids that commit crimes. The system is focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. These kids are the most misunderstood and most cruelly treated.

Mild depression is a gradual and sometimes permanent thing that undermines people the way rust weakens iron ... Like physical pain that becomes chronic, it is miserable not so much because it is intolerable in the moment as because it is intolerable to have known it in the moments gone and to look forward only to knowing it in the moments to come.