You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

Blacks concede that hurrawing, jibing, jiving, signifying, disrespecting, cursing, even outright insults might be acceptable under particular conditions, but aspersions cast against one's family call for immediate attack.

Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.

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

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.