The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There's a kind of glory to them when they're all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

Given the racist and patriarchal patterns of the state, it is difficult to envision the state as the holder of solutions to the problem of violence against women of color. However, as the anti-violence movement has been institutionalized and professionalized, the state plays an increasingly dominant role in how we conceptualize and create strategies to minimize violence against women.

Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.

True friends will pick you up when you fall. The bad friends will have been the one who made you fall in the first place.

If you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Modern houses are so small we've had to train our dog to wag its tail up and down and not sideways.