Some days we lose all at once and somedays we get all back at once. But either way, Accept it.

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you have not been placed on this earth to be the sole source of comfort for the black man's fragile ego. Page 221

Life's full of chances to hurt yourself or someone else.

Those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Players get a window of opportunity. Quarterbacks, specifically, usually get one.

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years.

I deep sea fish a lot.

I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear.

I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city.

I get happier every day. I have a sense of accomplishment every day of my life.