The great thing about New York is that if you sit in one place long enough, the whole world comes to you. - Brandon Stanton

There’s an old cliché that “everyone has a story,” but there’s a reason it’s a cliché. Every person has a story because everyone has a struggle. The heart of a story is the struggle

The fact that people are so willing to disclose (deeply personal issues in their lives) shows you how much we avoid talking about these very serious issues in our everyday lives,

You can feel when the person is being truthful, no matter what language they're speaking. Because truth is often spoken haltingly. With pauses. Like it's being dug up, one spoonful at a time, from somewhere deep. Truth feels heavy. It has gravity.