That's the crazy thing about lies. You start to fall for them, yourself.

Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith. You said that the purpose of religion was to bring people together. But does it, really? Or does it-knowingly, purposefully, and intentionally--break them apart?

If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start to believe it.

When you love someone you let them take care of you.

There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.

If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.

Don't pay back in kind, pay back in kindness. If someone does wrong by you, do right by them.