“The world is getting too small for both an Us and a Them. Us and Them have become codependent, intertwined, fixed to one another. We have no separate fates, but are bound together in one. And our fear of one another is the only thing capable of our undoing.”

“Everyone doesn’t need to have the same beliefs, we just need to start believing in everyone.”

“It’s gotten far easier to allow ourselves to hate than it is to choose to love.”

“The world is getting too small for both an Us and a Them. Us and Them have become codependent, intertwined, fixed to one another. We have no separate fates, but are bound together in one. And our fear of one another is the only thing capable of our undoing.”

“Loneliness is a poison, but aloneness is a catalyst.”

“If you can do nothing else, do whatever is in your power to make the people in your life feel completely unashamed of who they are.”

“Never ask for permission to smile.”

“Gender identity is our internal response to a social construction that attempts to make a connection between a person’s biological makeup and their eventual role in society.”