What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be - and without having to pretend.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.

For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

A Christian atmosphere is no protection against preening egos.

I embrace the purpose of God and the doom assigned.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

A YA heroine does not have to pick up a weapon nor wear men's clothing to be equal to her male counterparts.

Having nothing to lose is the new wealth.

Forget yourself and get to work.

Love is to be truly seen and heard... and celebrated for it.

I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.

Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.