Habit gives endurance, and fatigue is the best night cap.

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!

None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.

I suppose you could say I love outlaw American culture.

One doesn't have to pursue unhappiness. It comes to you. You come into the world screaming. You cry when you're born because your lungs expand. You breathe. I think that's really kind of significant. You come into the world crying, and it's a sign that you're alive.

I had come to feel that my mother's love for me was designed solely to make me into an echo of her; and I didn't know why, but I felt that I would rather be dead than become just an echo of someone.

The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.