The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it’s easy to fall off.

Politics was his passion, but he wasn’t suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.

The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.