It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

The impossible is the least that one can demand.

There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.

I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly.

She was twenty and had come to realize that, though she had a voice, she wasn't a singer; that to endure and embrace the life of a singer demands a whole lot more than a voice.

The interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.

People can cry much easier than they can change.