Intelligence is a burden not many are willing or able to carry.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

If you think my waistline defines my worth, you are not worth my time anyways.

Everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.

And the General regrets the night.

When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?

I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies.

I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed that it can scarcely cope with being stationary.

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.

I am happy being based in Leeds, I feel settled.

We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.

I've been called worse by better.