As we come to know, accept, and explore our feelings, they will become sanctuaries and fortresses and spawning grounds for the most radical and daring of ideas-the house of difference so necessary to change and the conceptualization of any meaningful action.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it's your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

Anger is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.