Marriage can be a religious thing. It can also be a secular thing. And guess what? Not everyone in the world is of the same religion. Preventing gay people from getting married is not an expression of religious freedom. It's an expression of religious oppression.

When I think of the value that i appreciate and the value that I create, what matters to me most is how much I love people, and how much the people that I love love me.

If you were a crayon, what color would you most like to make out with?

Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.

What does it mean that social structures among young people are so often predicated upon trying really, really hard to appear to not-be-trying?

Bravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe. Bravery is the exact opposite of that.

Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly