Amelia

“In the end, we'll all become stories.”
― Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder and Other Stories

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
― William Shakespeare, The Tempest

“Sadly, our educational system, as well as many of the methods that profess to treat trauma, tend to bypass this emotional-engagement system and focus instead on recruiting the cognitive capacities of the mind. Despite the well-documented effects of anger, fear, and anxiety on the ability to reason, many programs continue to ignore the need to engage the safety system of the brain before trying to promote new ways of thinking. The last things that should be cut from school schedules are chorus, physical education, recess, and anything else involving movement, play, and joyful engagement.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“That's when I realized the police were not who I thought they were. They were men first, police second.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood