When a man angers you, he conquers you.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

Freedom is the courage to live your dreams.

Dear Optimism, nice to see you. I've got an extra room, how about you stay for a while.

We should have just killed him, that's a lesson, don't get creative with revenge

Roses, " she thought sardonically, "All trash, m’dear.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

No gentleman can be without three copies of a book: one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers.

I, painting from myself and to myself, Know what I do, am unmoved by men's blame Or their praise either.

Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in.

I have learned there is a gift wrapped inside of every adversity and, if you have faith and hope, you can lose everything and still survive.

I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand.