Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books.

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable, makes him suspect, converts him into a defenseless target

All literature is protest.

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality.

Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.

I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive.

Make up your mind, Snail! You are half inside your house, And halfway out!

I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that some day I might understand it

The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.

It's hard to recognize the devil when his hand is on your shoulder. That's because a psychopath is just a person before he becomes a headline.

Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams.

Belief in a false reality about another person first manifests in the creators mind by making everything look like proof, then manifests in other people to become reality. Unless noticed.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.

We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.

Your word is your bond, and you do what you say and keep your promise.

It's a little different when you spend 30 years developing all these companies that we just ask [Donald Trump] to sell them. So I don't think that's a fair request.

I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.