Don't trust women, my mother said to me. Even the ugly ones will take what you thought was yours.

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

What you say is what matters.

Mama was always saying I was a brain snob, that I didn't like people who didn't think. I didn't know if that was snobby. Who wanted to walk around explaining everything to people all the time?

If I loved someone enough, I would go anywhere in the world with them." —Staggerlee

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

In all your getting, get understanding.