Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.

A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice

And changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good.

Here I am. Here we are. Here we go. Here is all that matters.