We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

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.

Be the rainbow in someone else's cloud.

Putting down on paper what you have to say is an important part of writing, but the words and ideas have to be shaped and cleaned, cleaned as severely as a dog cleans a bone, cleaned until there's not a shred of anything superfluous.

It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.