I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.

Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.

...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in. Hence my optimism and happy endings.

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

The most amazing thing about little children ... was their fantastic adaptability.

I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.

it is amazing how all our paths of rebellion tend to lead us straight back home.

Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.

When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on his armor.

some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once.

I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.

Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the free!

I'd take my clothes off for chocolate and peanut butter.

I've always hated the big United Way drive at work. Not because of the United Way. Great organization. Because of the smell of solicitation in the air, and because we are usually in the middle of it.

Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.

I think women bring a different perspective into Senate and that we tend to be more collaborative in our approach.

It was one of those and so they died/the end stories, that made us demigods feels all warm and fuzzy inside.-Percy