That's the problem with growing up in a white world. You think you can do anything that white people can do. - 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

She won't talk to me until I get my shit together.'
'Who's she?'
'Every man has a She.

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.