You raze the old to raise the new.

Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.

If there was one thing I refused to be, it was an insignificant footnote in some boy's history.

What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than on mutual self respect?

But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.

Forgiving others is easier when I remember that I'm human and stupid, too.

There is a time to study a map passionately, obsessively. To see where you've gone, where others have gone before you. To commit to memory every obstacle, every danger. Shakespeare had a term for this obsession: mappery. But there is a time, too, when you say, come dragons. I challenge you to find me.