There's a huge difference between the more progressive and more regressive parts of America. That's just the way it is.
Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.
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.
Not in the swing of things but what I really mean is not in the swing of things yet
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
I said: I must remember this, being small.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.