There are lines upon my face from a lifetime of smiles

We'll have our fill of tears, our share of sighs. My only prayer is that you'll realize you'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.

He never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity

Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day.

Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor.

I'm not comfortable with categorizing my own work, but I don't mind if others talk about it in relation to genre as long as they don't try to hold it up to some genre standard.

My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth" comes out.

I am very grateful for the Catholic Church and its unwavering stance on life. They have been a consistent, uncompromising voice defending life.

Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.

I sort of feel like that's the most revolutionary thing we can do with our narrative for me as Black people is to show that we are just like you.