• "Look at you so young and carefree. Full of joy, potential, and beautiful innocence. If only you could stay like this forever. If only you could stay safe in my arms forever. But you can't. One day you'll have to face the world like the rest of us. And the world can be a cruel place. You see, it's full of predators. They hunt for people who are different. Those who don't look, act, or think a certain way. The way the world wants them to.
• Predators, bullies, thugs, whatever you call them, they're the world's conformity police. When they judge, when they mock, when they laugh, they're just desperate trying to enforce the status quo. And if you don't fit inside their neat little box of how the world should be, they hurt you.
• And that scares the hell out of me. Because whether or not you can face the world rests on my shoulders. And I'm scared that I'll send you out there only for the world to prey on you. I'm scared that I won't be up to the job. That I won't prepare you for what's out there. That I won't say the right things or worse, that I'll say nothing when I should be telling you just how strong you can be.
• What if I fail? What if you can't confide in me? What if I try my best and it's not enough? I'm sure I"ll make mistakes along the way but I just need you to know something.
• When it feels like the whole world's against you when the world has you questioning everything you stand for, when the predators sink their claws in, when you're close to doing something you might regret, just promise me you'll remember this: I'm here for you. Whenever you need me. And I've got your back, always. "

- Gavin Aung Than