Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.

When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.

It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.

So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.

Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

Religion means peace! Faith means understanding!

Love is whole. Love cannot be divided from itself. Love knows all paths, where even gods and cats are blind.

Lifting his head to gently kiss her lips, he whispered, “I trust you.” Then he covered his own eyes with her satin mask.

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are great writers don't have to write novels anymore.

I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.

What does a mirror look at?

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

My parents were married for sixty-five years, and I was married for about ten minutes, my first year at Yale Drama School. Something, somehow, didn't get passed on to my generation.

It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.

Amazed, Fat said, "She's decomposing and yet she's still giving birth?" "Only to monsters," Dr. Stone said.