Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.

I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.

I feel like the world stopped. And I got off...and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I feel like I'm still trying to get a...to get some kind of foothold on living

I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last Summer was a part of me and now a part is gone. —Margaret

In all your getting, get understanding.

You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.