And I Think If You're Going To

You Put Yourself Out There In The Truest Way You Can And Hope Others Do The Same. You'll Connect Or You Won't, But You Did What You Could.

So You Didn’t Tell Me It Was A Messed-up Idea To Keep This All A Secret Because. . .” “because Experience Is The Only Teacher,” Hey-soos Says. “even If I Could Have Told You, It Would Have Been A Lecture. Why Do You Think Kids Don’t Listen To Their Parents, Or People Don’t Leave Churches And Do What The Preacher Tells Them? There’s Only One Thing That’s Universal.” “what’s That?” “the Truth.

There Is No Jesus Without Judas, No Martin Luther King, Jr., Without The Klan; No Ali Without Joe Frazier; No Freedom Without Tyranny. No Wisdom Exists That Does Not Include Perspective. Relativity Is The Greatest Gift.

I Can't Think Of A Subject That Is Taboo For Me, Unless It's One I Simply Don't Know Anything About.

I Think The Value In Books Like Mine, And A Great Number By Other Talented Writers, Is In The Ability To Bring Dark Subjects Into The Open Where They Are Not So Dark, Where They Can Be Talked About And Considered By Teens And Adults Alike.