Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.

Some truth has no nourishment in it.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

Light is what we are called to preach. Our lord and saviour called himself light of the world.

Even writing about rainbows makes me smile.

You think to judge me, MacKinnon? I've littered the ground wi' the corpses of men like you."Iain raised his blade and smiled. "You've never met a man like me.

Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain.

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

Avoid your comfort zone - it's probably outdated anyway.

I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.

Every great person educates themselves.