Sublime

If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives. William Blake wrote, “We are put on earth for a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.” Turns out this is what we all have in common, gang member and nongang member alike: we’re ju

the brutality of his father like Mystery; Ross’s parents were a smart, good-humored Jewish couple. I knew because they’d arrived at the seminar a few minutes after me and instantly started teasing him. Rather, Ross had been beaten down socially, which probably took a great toll on his psyche when combined with the constant teasing and high expectat

justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.’

‘The main things we promote here are safety and hope. It’s not written down anywhere, but it’s our purpose,’ Derek told me. ‘People’s difficulties are usually the result of something,’ he continued. ‘Stuff happened and they didn’t understand it and they got scared. If the people who come here have anything in common, it’s that they are all scared o

“There’s a consistent theme in Fred’s career of people underestimating him. I don’t think that it’s widely understood . . . what a powerful intellect he had, and . . . for lack of a better term, what a tough guy he was. He had a passion about helping children that his famous gentle manner belied, and he had a really steely core.”13 Elizabeth Seaman

know they’re all right. Find ways to counter the attitudes toward homosexuality that your profession has inculcated in both heterosexuals and homosexuals.”37 He was given a standing ovation.

Grace Paley was pushing us to be better people when we were still young and capable of change.

He introduced himself to faculty members as “a teacher who is now working as a president, not a president who used to be a teacher.”1

a GPA of 3.87.