Something that is loved is never lost.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

What is seen by all on FB becomes what each person also sees in the mirror when he sees himself. The others’ gaze, but also the others’ values, opinions, and judgements become one’s own.

She wanted to be her, or be with her, or destroy her.

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.

Art is the highest expression of the human spirit.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

Scholars dream of finding small facts pregnant with great progeny.

My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

I have never felt at any point in my life, good or bad, any ill will ever from the man or woman on the street.

I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.

I was born in New York, so I'd love to study at New York University.