“A sense of belonging is not physical. We cant find it by changing where we live or what we do. We have to carry it within us”

“The question of what we are can only be answered by ourselves. We each decide what we are by the life choices we make. How we were made, who are parents are, where we are from, the color of our skin, who we choose to love, all those things do not define us. Our actions define us, and will keep defining us until even after death.”

“We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate what we will do.”

“What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them?”

“In my ten years of teaching I’ve noticed that teachers tend to have a bad habit of talking to themselves. I hypothesize that this is because we talk for a living, and we feel safe speaking our feelings aloud. Or it could be that most of us, especially the high school teacher variety, are just weird as shit.”

“No matter what else, we have love. Always love.”

“Uh, Darius, I'm thinking that we really need to change clothes before we make a grand entrance in the middle of the cafeteria, or even my dorm. I mean, you're more than a little bloody, and i'm wearing what looks like a green trashbag. We're not exactly inconspicuous. ”