Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.

Education is for growth and fulfillment.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.