If you were the sky, I would unfurl myself in you, as a rainbow of colors yet unseen. I would become oceans of stars in your night.

Thought has no gender.

The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts.

Why have a cake if I can't eat it?

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless, it's about being willing to experience fear, even dread, to do what we must, without guarantee of outcome.

Is it a form of social play that underneath the words people say, there is a different conversation going on?

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence.