“The death rate for people who play it safe and for those who live boldly is the same.”

“Watch other people for clues about who they are, not just clues about how much they are or are not like you.”

“We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.”

“Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.”

“People don't stop being bullies when they grow up. They just dress differently to fool you.”

“If I stop judging other people, I free myself from being judged, and I can dance!”

“Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending verbs and drawing furious arrows to the margin where we scrawl "irony," "frustration," "voiceless," "unfair!" Or do we simply turn the pages, passively receiving what's given, furiously disagreeing but remaining silent about it?”