The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.