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?

There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable.

It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.

if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.

I truly believed that the cost of success for us shouldn't be the cost of failure for a good friend.

You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.