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“i want to dream of a world where instead of building prisons, we build healing temples. i want to sing the stories that tell not of the cleansing power of blood, but the transformative power of tears. somewhere out in the vast universe, there must be a place where the exiled gather in humility and honesty to tend to the wounds in our souls and the wounds in the world. a place beyond punishment or even redemption. a place where all things can be seen and held for what they are. and in this life or the next, someday i’ll meet you there.”
― Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

“i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?”
― Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

“you do not need to build a grand and glorious temple to love. your body is the temple to love.”
― Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

“A dress code that excludes “unprofessional” attire simultaneously reinforces the perception that whatever attire it excludes is unprofessional. Ladies’ “fascinators” are modish and informal in comparison to hats that cover the top of the head; septum rings are edgier than nose studs. A dress code can be the Rosetta stone to decode the meaning of attire.”
― Richard Thompson Ford, Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History