It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame.

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing.

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

Each play I write has its own unique origin story.

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music.

Don't mess with our fans or we'll come and find you.

The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.

Sometimes I feel an impingement of something I went through in another lifetime. But I like to concentrate on the absolute present. That's why I love my animals. They live in the present.