Dear family, I am drafting a new laundry protocol for better and more considerate usage of the washing machine

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Virtue is no empty echo.

It is not a sin to introduce a personal bias that can be recognized and discounted. The sin in historical composition is the organization of the story in such a way that bias cannot be recognized.

Apparently it’s my fault that the Titanic sank.

It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.

I think I really benefited from going to college.

The most unprotected person in America is the black woman.

If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

It's not the bullet that kills you, it's the hole.