Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.

Some truth has no nourishment in it.

Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.

Beliefs will nourish or poison depending on their compatibility with reality.

While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.

I think you're going to see a number of Democrats that do want to see us grapple with spending.

I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public.

The hand opens to the word, opens to distance.

It's never too early to start marketing your book.

Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.

Often faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that the good times are here.

Where we hope to land (and where we do land, though only for a fleeting moment, enough for tired wings to catch the wind anew) is a 'there' which we thought of little and knew of even less.