I hear a small voicein the back of my mindand it is chanting a prayer:‘Please don’t fall in love again, please don’t fall in love again.’Maybe this time I will listen.Maybe this I will learn.

Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis

But when there's no hope to be found anywhere, even the tiniest chance is worth taking.

Why we are gentlemen if life is not gentle with us?

As far as I'm concerned, Americans don't drink nearly enough. A good alcoholic poisoning of the brain now and then clears it out in a way that nothing else can.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

The post office is raising the price of stamps again. I heard that and said to myself, 'If only there was an inexpensive electronic way of communicating.'

I loved Super-Monkey; always wanted to do something with him but it never happened.

I like the way my heart beats, I like the way I think; I don't need or want anything to change that.

Of course I didn't have a boyfriend then. I didn't even have a camp boyfriend then [at age of 13].

I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman that the reader has to confront.