The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

Yr crown has been bought and paid for. All you have to do is put it on yr head

Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden.

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.

The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.