On that search for happiness we did nothing with all those other emotions that made us human.

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.

We follow our scripts like actors in a very large, very long production. And even with no audience, none of us gives a hint that it isn't real.

I really want to punch you right now. Maybe even break your nose.” She rolled her eyes upward, seeking calm. “But I won’t because I like this dress.

To all my political opponents, all and sundry, not only the presidential bets, I would like to offer my hand to friendship.

Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband.

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I needed to figure how - you know there is no such thing as 'cold.' There is only less heat.

The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.

If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.

Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.

Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin.

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.