Some things you cannot stop happening.

I wished for someone to hold me up. Suddenly someone was there.

Some things are more than we can understand.

Sometimes words are more powerful than guns. And sometimes silence is more powerful than words. It is the things that are not said that are important.

..there are two possible endings to every story.

In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school

American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders.

Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison.

What surprises me about getting older is that I remain so young.

I have loved music since I was a little kid. I was always wanted to write the music I hear in my head and have it be shared with the world.

My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior.

Never confuse acquiring degrees with wisdom.

Blackness is not simply a reactionary title or identity; that is indeed the "negative" way of characterizing African American identity.

I don't think that Iran with a nuclear capability will be just the problem of the state of Israel. This is a matter that concerns the whole world.

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?