Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat.

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

Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

Poetry, I have discovered, is always unexpected and always as faithful and honest as dreams.

We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.