People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

If you ever wanted to know how good life could be

Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in only as much as we can handle.

There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.

I think I can deceive people. I'm like, the nice, sweet girl when you meet me. And I don't have any bad intentions. But I'm a bad girl too.

My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

Whoops - My wand is a little over excited!

The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

Prereading is a game changer. It changed my life. Everyone is smarter when they have seen the material before. You will be too.

Man is a game playing animal and a computer is another way to play games.