All novels are about certain minorities: the individual is a minority.

It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?

God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.

Knowing the why is vastly more important than knowing the how.

The simple trill of her laugh has not declined over the years

God has a purpose for your pain, a reason for your struggle, and a reward for your faithfulness. Trust him and don't give up.

If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music.

Most conspiracy theorists dont understand this. But if there really were a CIA plot, no documents would exist.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep.

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.

Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary.

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.