On the Internet, people on the tails of the bell curve can find one another.
Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.
There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.
Whenever you've got a choice, do good, kiddo. It isn't always fun or easy, but in the long run it makes your life better.
The human mind isn't a terribly logical or consistent place. Most people, given the choice to face a hideous or terrifying truth or to conveniently avoid it, choose the convenience and peace of normality. That doesn't make them strong or weak people, or good or bad people. It just makes them people.
Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.
There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.
First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.
Don't ask me something if the answer doesn't truly matter to you.
I will return to Libya and undertake my duties and obligations to bring equality within the chaos.