I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.

A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

Sometimes criminals work and for cops and criminals have favourite cops... (Person of Interest)

A good relationship is not a refuge from your problems, but an oasis where you can grow better as a person.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Film-making is like spermatozoa: only one in a million makes it.

...I love 'yes.' It's practically the most interesting word of all, don't you think?" Like a hinge opening a door outward. Yes, yes, yes.

I'm certainly not very book smart, but I started traveling at 16, and it has enriched me in ways I could never begin to explain.

If your hair is done properly you can get away with anything

Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.