Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence.

A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost.

My life would be constrained by the horror and fierce rage that my appearance inspired, but I would know peace as well as fear, tenderness as well as brutality, and even love in a time of cruelty.

While I like people, I do also like being alone in a room and seeing what you can do with a particular theme or subject.

We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.