When a Southern woman offers you a homecooked meal, you're only rude if you refuse. That goes for seconds and thirds too, by the way." -Ruby Watts

Keep your friends close and your beneficiaries closer...Poor words to live by. Even worse to die by.

She'll tell you this house is haunted, but I believe the truth of the matter is that people get haunted. Not places.' - Will Laughlin

Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men.

Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever.

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

Being in love is to be half-cooked inside an eggshell called love.

Great mentors don't solve your problems, they guide you to make your best decision and encourage you to take personal ownership of the next steps for success.

Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine - that is, activity - which could solve it, is seen as odious.

Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.

I know aliens from other worlds are required to arrive in New Mexico, but why stay there?

So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

Laughter is no enemy to learning