My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.

Don't tell me that [broken heartstrings] hurt less than a broken bone, that an ingrown life is something surgeons can cut away, that there's no way for it to metastasize - it does.

I you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. Look a little closer, stare a little longer. Because there is something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself, you signed it THEY WERE WRONG.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.

My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.

This is my voice. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at.