stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

You'd better name yourself, because, if you don't others will do it for you.

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.