"Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature."

-- Reverend Malcolm Boyd

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“Its so daunting to walk into a classroom or a school auditorium. Its like the worlds weirdest blind date. I know all the students are thinking, Who is this tool standing up in front of us?”
“Writing has been a way of explaining to myself the things I do not understand.”
“Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian." Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Casting. My Mom Wants to Kill Me: A Self-Help Book For Teens.”
“The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.”

Source : Letter to U.S. Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland, May 27, 1885.
“When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.”
“This is why alchemy exists," the boy said. "So that everyone will search for his treasure, find it, and then want to be better than he was in his former life. Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for lead; and then lead will have to turn itself into gold. That's what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”
“Hollywood is not good when it comes to age”
“The most wonderful gift one human being can give to another, is in some way, to make that person's life a little bit better to live.”

Source : FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Dec 27, 2016

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