I am a stranger to half measures.

Surviving and believing in tomorrow is just a habit I can't break.

Racism is a virus. And since nobody's really looking too hard for a cure it reproduces itself over and over again.

To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.

I quickly learned that motherhood was a high wire act sometimes performed without a net.

Novelists have to love humanity to write anything worthwhile. Poets have to love themselves.

It was important, I know, for my father as a product of his times not to be vulnerable, so he chose, and I can't say that I blame him, to live his life rather than create it.

Love is going to replace life and from then on it's all smooth sailing. Love will replace life.

No one knows you better than the one who created you.

There are moments when we think nature happens just for us, and there are other moments when the ridiculousness of that notion is revealed.

The greatest thing a human being can do is to be compassionate to humanity.

Never lose hope, because ALLAH is always by your side.

The poor should live by alms.

Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride.

I can't do big things, but I want everything to be for the glory of God.

It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so.

There is no way to measure it ... because there's no one to measure it.

If you talk about Cabernet and Merlot-based value between $10 and $25, I will tell you that Bordeaux is the best value in the world.