You're not weak because you can't read. You're weak because you're afraid of people seeing your weakness. You're letting shame decide who you are.

When you are guilty, all you can ask for is a deferral of the judgement.

Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy

So you all remember: just because you're small, doesn't mean you got no power.

"Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point."

We now know that trauma compromises the brain area that communicate the physical, embodied feeling of being alive.