But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

Our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain and more to do with beauty.

Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.

Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.

Everyone knows pain. We are not meant to carry it forever. We were never meant to hold it so closely, so be certain in the belief that what pain belongs to now will belong soon to then. That when someone asks you how was your day, realize that for some of us - it's the only way we know how to say, be calm. Loosen your grip, opening each palm, slowly now - let go.

I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you

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