There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill … - J. Michael Straczynski

Sometimes you can't see what the problem is until you go close, until you look deep inside. It's when you look beyond the edge of what you think you know that you can finally arrive at the truth.

The thing about denying someone their voice in this life is that it tends to come out in death.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.