The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.

The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don’t fool.

A smile is on everyone's lips.

The word connects the visible trace with the invisible thing, the absent thing, the thing that is desired or feared, like a frail emergency bridge flung over an abyss.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

I want to go to New Zealand. I have no idea what it's like, and in my head, everyone lives in/on an ice lake, so I'd like to come stay.

Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response.

Food = joy ... guilt ... anger ... pain ... nurturing ... friendship ... hatred ... the way you look and feel.... Food = everything you can imagine.

I can work myself up into a fearful, paralyzing state of mind that can last for days, weeks even months where I feel mad, totally isolated and alone, overwhelmed and completely out of control.

I feel like my head is finally the right size. I feel like it finally fits around my mind.

Never be too absorbed by your own ambitions to encourage those of your family.