The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.

Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways. You ought to bash Mr —— head open, she say. Think bout heaven later.

This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.

It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth what they really believe, and standing with people who need to be stood with.

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.

Just because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion.