"The beauty of books is that they can take you anywhere."

I'm not a rapper, I'm a mind changer.

Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience， an attitude which has never again left me.

When a diverse and inclusive environment is created, all members of the community are more likely to succeed.

I'm not perfect, but I'm trying every day to be better.

The past is not a single narrative but a web of interconnected stories.

我不是一个完美的人，但我正在努力成为最好的自己。

And when you do I want you to know this， remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you’re down there in the hole， it looks like failure. So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.