Classrooms and educations need to be places of infectious passion

Nepotism is the bedrock of social existence.

How much of what is there do you allow yourself to see?

When we hear the bird sing, it hears only how to love. (Quand on entend l'oiseau chanter, - Lui n'entend que comment aimer.)

I was born a poor black child.

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

The only thing I can point to of why I survived is I have a family that loves me and never wanted any money from me.

Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you're in this moment of conflict.

There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.

No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn't love enough?

Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.

Crows appear in many of my new unpublished poems. In these walks, they take on a symbolic life apart from their irritating, undeniable, interruptive presence. I figure them differently.