It's a wonderful thing to know that there is something to know there is something greater than I am, and that is God itself.

If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.

Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

Don't bring negative to my door.