Throughout my life, I have been blessed with the acquaintance (often even the friendship) of many beautiful people. None of these people have been saints or perfect role models; many of them have even caused me pain in the past, pain ranging from minor to soul-crushing. But they are nonetheless amazing because they see, feel, and live fully, which is to say that they are more than just an I - each of them is an entire world in which the triumphs, failures, passions, and pains of those within it are felt strongly in the heart.

They are people who think. And care.

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"The right to vote or equal civil rights may be good demands, but true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in [the] soul." -Emma Goldman