Exhibit A TO Z: The root of everything that has gone wrong in my life. Like falling for people without thinking things through.

I’m not a violent person. I’m not advocating violence. But I am an angry person. I’m advocating for more people to get angry. Get moved.

She couldn’t have been the right one for me.

Human rights. For everyone. Because that was the only way the world made sense. When the arc of care went far and wide, it journeyed and battled to exclude none.

There was a reason love was a round sounding word. It completed you and then some, like treading a circular path, the way it was immemorial. Whole. But also... infinite. It went on and on as long as you went on and on, to meet it, keep it, treasure it. And I would.

One of the reasons Ayaan said she loves being Muslim is because it makes her feel like a natural feminist. “Like hello? Our queen Khadija didn’t wait for the man she had her eye on to ask her, to get on his knees. Nope. Instead, she said, ‘I like you, oh employee of mine. Will you marry me?’ And then, after they hitched, she just kept her job as his boss. Mad respect.

Sometimes people who appear great can be the real deal. The husk, the fruit, and the kernel align.

Make sure that you make the beginning of whatever you begin beautiful.

Special days start when you run toward them.

This is a love story. You’ve been warned.