It Is Hard For Anyone Under Twenty

All Of Us Know, Whether Or Not We Are Able To Admit It, That Mirrors Can Only Lie, That Death By Drowning Is All That Awaits One There. It Is For This Reason That Love Is So Desperately Sought And So Cunningly Avoided. Love Takes Off The Masks That We Fear We Cannot Live Without And Know We Cannot Live Within.

Words Like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" Are Not Common Concepts; On The Contrary, They Are Rare. People Are Not Born Knowing What These Are. It Takes Enormous And, Above All, Individual Effort To Arrive At The Respect For Other People That These Words Imply.

An Identity Would Seem To Be Arrived At By The Way In Which The Person Faces And Uses His Experience.

The Moment We Break Faith With One Another, The Sea Engulfs Us And The Light Goes Out.

The American Ideal Is, After All, That Everyone Should Be As Much Alike As Possible.