“And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.”
“Education is the vaccine for violence”
“A small, answering point in my own body flew towards it. I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery -- air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”
“What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it?”
“I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but by real understanding. We must ask: 'Where is the violence coming from? What is its meaning?”
“I thought the whole point of having a gay brother was that they were supposed to be all cool and shit. I’ve got a defective gay.”