We need to stop becoming victims to our own narratives and to challenge ourselves and step outside our comfort zone, step outside the limited parameters of our own perceptions, and reach out to people who may look like they’re different from us, but who are very much the same as we are.
When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more; that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I’d hoped to give you forever.