People walking on the streets looked dazed; the officers looked dazed. Then we heard gunshots.

We wanted to go out and help the people, but it was too life-threatening.

You met them, and in minutes you felt like you knew them your whole life.

They said, don't open your doors for anyone.

Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.

To be censored is one sure way of knowing you have been taken dead seriously. It also speaks to the continuing power of the printed word, almost fifteen hundred years after that amazing invention.