I have a desperate longing to have a desperate longing

People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing.

Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it.

We don't need heroes so much as recognizing ourselves as heroes.

"'Come on, guys, I'm the leader of a whole movie...!' I tell when I want people to fear and respect me. Not wildly effective."

You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle.

I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.'