To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.

The luxurious ache of tired but not weary limbs.

Revelation is always measured by capacity.

Necessity can set me helpless on my back, but she cannot keep me there; nor can four walls limit my vision.

Transgender people have served, are serving, and will continue to serve.

On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.

The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper.

We should not weep or cry or be upset when we see the generations pass, because all are forms of the infinite creation. They are not real, they are not eternal.

Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

Let your kids observe you doing random acts of kindness, it can be contagious

What? You don't think he's cute?" "I didn't really notice." "How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief.

These are not free men in any rational and exact sense of the word.