If liberty sang a song, little, as the larynx of a bird, nowhere would there remain a tumbling wall.

A thousand laughing suns are in your eyes. A thousand crying stars in mine.

Yeah, " I said because it led to more options than 'no'.

In the strength of thine on desires is a magic power.

Oh, dreams! In one night, lying with one's eyes shut, one may sometimes live through more than ten years of happiness.

I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is part of the reason I started to write.

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings.

I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too.

I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.

God is not in a hurry to fix us. Our behavior is not his first priority. We are his first priority. Loving us, knowing us, affirming us, protecting us. That is his top goal and his main concern.

Hillary Clinton doesn't connect with people.

I'm a peaceful person once work ethic is established. If people are around me and whatever I'm doing is efficient, then I'm extremely peaceful.