it is strangehowsisterscanbesaviorsorstrangers& sometimesa bit of both.

my boy? he is evenbetter than books. -fiction has nothing on you.

the only thing required to be a woman is to identifyas one.- period, end of story.

if youdon't want toend up insomeone else'spoem, then maybeyou shouldstarttreatingpeoplebetterfor achange.- an unapologetic poet.

My boy?he is evenbetter than books.-fiction has nothing on you.

be waryof the boys whoonly ever tellhalf-thruthsbecause theywill only ever be half in lovewith you-slay those dragons

ilet myselfknowthat my lifedoesn'thave to be overjust becausetheirs are& i wentahead& paintedthe sunback into my sky.I am allowed to live my life.

it tooklosing himto finally findmyself.It tooklosing hima second timeto be sureof myself.thatwas myfirst actofself-love.

fiction:the oceani diveheadfirstintowhen icanno longerbreathe in re

all of the oceans& galaxiesdid notconspire together tocreate mejust so i couldreproduce for you.-Startling Fact #1

i used to thinki was brokenbecausei never oncespent mydaydreamsplucking swollen pomegranatesfrom someone else's tree.- then i learned that society is broken, not me.

And I understood that I ought not ask for a prayer language until I could ask without making it the test of my entire faith.

I’m saying that sometimes we don’t want to see the ugliness in others because it means seeing what’s ugly in ourselves.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

The world needs a new global architecture, additional layers of governance, to deal with issues that neither nations nor traditional forms of intergovernmental organizations can cope with.

Change is easy to propose, hard to implement, and especially hard to sustain.

One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.

Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose.