I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

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 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.

Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here.

You, me, this city, this country, we will always have a choice.When you stand up to be counted, tell the world, THIS IS MY VOICE. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

If you think for one second no one knows what you've been going through; be accepting of the fact that you are wrong, that the long drawn and heavy breaths of despair have at times been felt by everyone - that pain is part of the human condition and that alone makes you a legion.

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.