it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure.

I'm not [a Buddhist]. The whole point of anything that is really, truly valuable to your soul, and your own growth, is not to attach to a teacher, but rather to find out what the real deal is in the world itself. You become your own guide. The teachings can help you, but really, we're all here with the opportunity the reality of hereness. We all have that. I trust that...I'm just not interested in labels. I find all of them constrictive. They're hard to wear. And they're hard to wear because we're always - hopefully - growing.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

I don't know nothing, I think. And glad of it.

I see children, all children, as humanity's most precious resource, because it will be to them that the care of the planet will always be left.

If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors.