Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.

The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we call - in enemy nations - 'state indoctrination.'

False hope is worse than despair.

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.

Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now in the United States.

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

You do not love me

It is only the sudden and unpredictable appearance of comets that spoils the immutable celestial sphere.

One bright sunny day at a successful Literary Agency…Literary Agent: “So, Tina – we asked you to try and write a children’s story…”Tina: “Uh-huh.

The world goes up and the world goes down And the sunshine follows the rain And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

Aim high! The future you see, is the person you will be

To iterate is human, to recurse divine.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

You'll never make America great again, [Donald] Trump, but you can extend her time.

I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me -Rosalie Cullen