What you consider as real may not exist at all, and what you cannot see today may turn out to be the purpose of your life one day.

Self realization of strengths and weaknesses is the first step towards salvation.

The decision you will take today has the power to redefine your past and redesign your future.

Live, not just for livingLive, not just for gettingLive for the beauty of lovingLive for the joy of giving.

At home they thought of white people as a vague but powerful entity--like the forces that control the weather, that capable of destruction, that hidden from view.

I'm not sick, Deuce. You don't know your own charm." My charm? I hadn't been aware I had any. It must be the dress, I thought.

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.

Since an attitude is often expressed by our body language and by the looks on our faces, it can be contagious.

...Jake, a homosexual cop buried so deep in the closet he didn't know where to look for himself.

I never thought that someone would be teaching one of my fanzines. I never thought I'd be off to lecture at a college. It's still shocking to me.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.