Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.

Every single answer starts with the phrase 'I don't know.' But most of the time she does know, if I give her the time and the space in which to answer.

I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart.

He doesn’t just look upset—he looks newly blind. There is such loss in his eyes, and it permeates every other part of his body.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

There is no such thing as equality for some. Equality must be for all. That is what freedom is. That is what liberty is. No human being is born more or less important than any other. How can we allow ourselves to forget that? What simpler truth is there?