Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.
Freedom, after all, is like love: the more you give to others, the more you have.
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.
I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.