A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.

In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going to move the needle forward, it's WHITE people who need to acknowledge their role in racism.

I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don't necessarily want them to be there

A heroin-thin boy with enough rings in his eyebrows to resemble a shower curtain rod.

People work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else.

Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't see clearly?