The best change you can make is to hold up a mirror so that people can look into it and change themselves. That's the only way a person can be changed." By looking into yourself," Zia said. "Even if you have to look into a mirror that's outside yourself to do it." "And you know," Maida added. "That mirror can be a story you hear, or just someone else's eyes. Anything that reflects back so you can see yourself in it.

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.

I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.

Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.