Devon

“So even before others have a chance to reject us, we have already rejected ourselves”
― Don Miguel Ruiz , The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn't even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding the out of comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.”
― Percival Everett, James

“I am I, and I wish I weren't.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time