Treat my first like my last and the last like my first and my thirst is the same as- when I came.

Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.

Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.

Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same.

You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind.

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.

Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow.

I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.

You can pay for school, but you can't buy class

Everybody can tell you how to do it but they never done it

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.

If only youcould see me as the Devil does: palatable & raw

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.

We are infected by our own misunderstandin g of how our own minds work.

I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.

I also believe on a practical level, if you're taking time away from people, besides entertaining them, I think it's important that there's something to react to.

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.

Do not mix temporary difficulties with real problems.