• Barack Obama
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Dr. Maya Angelou
• Iyanla Vanzant
• Oprah Winfrey

• racism // hate
• abuse of any kind - PERIOD
• mathematics
• intolerance
• politics
• war
• the mindset of a man
• betrayal
• arrogance
• the afterlife

In no particular order .

• The Analyst , John Katzenbach
• White Lines II: Sunny: A Novel , Tracy Brown
• Sharp Objects , Gillian Flynn
• Night , Elie Wiesel
• Perfect Peace , Daniel Black
• Floating Staircase , Ronald Malfi
• Darkest Child: A Novel , Delores Phillips
• To Kill A Mockingbird , Harper Lee
• We Need To Talk About Kevin , Lionel Shriver
• The Long Walk , Stephen King

[tbc.]

• “As a whole, people suck. But a person can be extraordinary.” — Jim Butcher
• “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” — Anatole France
• “Your mind is not a cage. It’s a garden. And it requires cultivating.” — Libba Bray
• “Listen to many, speak to a few.” — William Shakespeare
• “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” ― Charles Bukowski
• “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” ― George Bernard Shaw
• “We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “When something bad happens you have th..._Unknown_

bucket list: a list of one hundred things to accomplish in your lifetime before you 'kick the bucket.' italics = in progress.

• buy an apartment.
• celebrate new years' eve in timesquare.
• fire a gun.
• finish college.
• get married on a lakefront.
• run a marathon.
• obtain my motorcycle license.
• get a facial and massage.
• pay for someone behind me in a drive-through.
• watch the sunrise and sunset.
• learn how to play the guitar.
• learn how to play the piano.
• ride a unicycle.
• learn how to swim.
• have a penpal.
• visit a paranormal site.
• ride on a train.

• adorn
• ambivalence
• amicable
• benevolent
• blatant
• bliss
• blossom
• crescent
• delectable
• discombobulated
• enchantment
• epiphany
• epitome
• exquisite
• facade
• fickle
• frugal
• impulse
• inevitable
• intertwine
• iridescent