Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.
I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.
My aunts lived on liquor and seldom felt like eating much. I don't know what's wrong about a kid stealing when he's hungry.
Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.
I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.
I wondered what I would do if I didn't have my God to turn to and be able to read the Book He had divinely inspired.