What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents.

I learned how to stop crying.I learned how to hide inside of myself.I learned how to be somebody else.I learned how to be cold and numb.

I'm dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame

A sense of solidarity among fifteen-to-thirty-year-olds would be a menace to civilized society even in the best of times.

True love is not giving power to the other person, but instead is empowering you to make that person happy.

I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even if that culture isn't a hip-hop-centric one.

I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You'd be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavors.

For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.

I always turn to my intuition for personal guidance.

Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it.

Sometimes my backswing gets long, and I get in bad positions. The club also can get behind me coming down, so I have to flip my hands to catch up to my body.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up

The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.