Some strangers become more important to you than family, maybe because you're not expected to love them. You can leave them whenever you want to. They can, too. Every moment together is a choice.

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

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

Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes.

The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialise alone.

I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden.

Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate your friends?