It looked like just the sort of family Americans dream of having: dumb and loving.

I feel like my head is finally the right size. I feel like it finally fits around my mind.

Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better time for it.

The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible.

Love is a powerful painkiller.

When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what?

Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end did not reside within us but flowed outward from our movements.