I don’t like when people compare. I don’t like when people marginalize their feelings because they think they’re not allowed to have them. Someone will always have a tougher go than you. Does that mean...

Our goodness, our badness all develop from social experience, the company we keep, the things we’re taught when we’re young. We start with a clean slate. It’s everyone else who fucks us up.

That’s the great thing about hope—no matter your past, no matter your mistakes, hope is the constant force in your heart driving you forward. You fall down. You cry about it for a little while....