It is brave to be involved

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.

I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we're here and we're healthy.

The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them, to find them lovable. Then the '60s: Independent fire!

Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.

She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.

The music is in minors.