The oppressor is never as free as they think they are

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

If you've passion- the desire to succeed at all cost, there won't be any lack or limitation that could stop you. Passion wipes out excuses.

The truth is beautiful, like you. The truth is you have been made perfect and are wholly loved. Chosen simply because you breathe, because you exist, because of who created you.

The legacy of Greece to Western philosophy is Western philosophy.

It is necessary to sleep upon the pillow of doubt.

I think it took me half a page of 'Wolf Hall' to think: 'This is the novel I should have been writing all along.'

We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.

No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

Never do wrong when people are looking.

An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.

Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?