Happiness became a fairy tale, a unicorn that did not exist; it was something I decided to stop chasing when I was ten years old, leaving me to live cold and alone within my mind. I watched the world from a place that was mine alone, a place unreachable by those who thought they knew me.

Power does not equal intelligence or wisdom, but everyone with even a modicum of each think that they can say whatever they want to the weak and poor, their successful lives and fat bank accounts proof to the world that they are someone to be listened to, a wise and significant human being. Not me. If you’re smart, you’re smart. If you’re stupid then you will always be stupid. No amount of money or power will ever change my mind.