We will never achieve freedom - not until the very end - but the fight can be so beautiful.

Being afraid, being uncertain you’ll succeed, but going ahead anyway— that’s what makes a hero, Berhanu.

How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books.

When I first saw you, you were like . . . ' He shakes his head, tugs gently on my hair. 'A rainbow. I always knew you came with a storm.

I don't spend much money on clothes I never did.

That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.

Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.

Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.

Listen, if you're not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.

Some people call me a publicity hound.

And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it-perhaps your favorite sentence-to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that moved you to tears.

A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will be implemented.