Most of the time we feel tired not because we've done too much, but because we've done too little of what makes us come alive

At its core, perhaps, war is just another name for death, and yet any soldier will tell you, if he tells the truth, that proximity to death brings with it a corresponding proximity to life. After a firefight, there is always immense pleasure of aliveness

I have made a different choice now. I have left my home, my family and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot

Weird doors open. People fall into things.