The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.

There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.

If the word 'integration' means anything, this is what it means that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it.

But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.