My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

I am the history of the rejection of who I am

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law.

suicide is absolute, and if you think you will survive by hiding who you really are, you are sadly misled: there is no such thing as partial or intermittent suicide. You can only survive if you - who you really are - do survive.