Sophistication is a thing of the mind not of worldly appearance.

Everything we do is practice for something greater than where we currently are.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

Isn't falling in love always the fullest life?

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

Living in stressful situations there are chemicals in your brain that are released that essentially degrade the neuron connections that allow you to function as a normal human being.

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

Hawaii is absolutely beautiful.

I can be happy with something I did, like a drawing or a dress I designed, and yet be very disappointed with the same drawing, or the same dress the day after.