I’m not sure we’re quite the monsters you want us to be.

Bit naïve, isn’t it? So much for the Age of Enlightenment.”“I grew up believing in dragons, ” du Bois pointed out.

If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

I want to launch a globe into space just to mess with the astronauts.

Racial oppression of black people in America has done what neither class oppression or sexual oppression, with all their perniciousness, has ever done: destroyed an entire people and their culture.

I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

It may not be easy, life isn't easy, but dreams keep you alive.

I have my own tastes and I have my my own... like, I dunno. I think it's really subjective; something that I think is a great song, is unlistenable to somebody else, which I've come to realise.

The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals

Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.

It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.