It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.

When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.

Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.

So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.

Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

Everything unsaid can be guessedTruth may not always be confessed

The family is the American fascism.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Fermentation is the exhalation of a substance through the admixture of a ferment which, by virtue of its spirit, penetrates the mass and transforms it into its own nature.

[Chuck's wife] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice: We keep the arm, or you keep Chuck.'

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting

Once we harness ourselves to love, it carries us to eternity.

The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of the same elements; and about once in so often we go back and begin again.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.