"I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not the fact that too many of our kids are being murdered in the schools and on the streets."

“Nothing so demoralizes the forces of the soul as fear. Only as we realize the presence of the Lord does fear give place to faith.”

“Sex is really only touch, the closest of all touch. And it's touch we're afraid of.”

“The soul, in its power, is present in some way in the entire universe, because it apprehends substances which are not included in the body in which it lives, although they are related to it.”

“I get emotional when young people get nostalgic about my work. That's why it's called nostalgia. Sometimes I even cry.”

“People ask me what my greatest strengths are and I say perspective. The best way to get that is to meet people that are polar opposites; you learn the most from them. There are pieces of you that are inherently yours, but everything else is a collection of the things you’ve seen and the people you’ve met.”

Source : Eddie Huang (2013). “Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir”, p.105, Spiegel & Grau

“Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.”

“I went to him in the doorway and embraced him tightly. "Thank you," I whispered. "You've done so much for us, and we've done nothing for you." "Don't say that." Vic's hands patted my back. "You're my friends. Nothing else to it.”

“I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.”