Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith.

Just above our terror, the stars painted this storyin perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too oftenabused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.

In this quiet place on a quiet streetwhere no one ever finds usgently, lovingly, freedom gives back our pain.--from poem In a Quiet Place on a Quiet Street

Its really hard to recall the day you became friends with special people.

I'd rather have a life of chaos beside you than a life of quietude and stability without you...

There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.

There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic?

There were big geysers coming up where the shells were landing and there were bodies floating, face down, face up.

Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive.

With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.

Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink.

What's the point of cleaning up your act if you don't have an act?

As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came to me at three a.m. one morning, on a whim - I get a percentage.