First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River.

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

Human beings are more alike than unalike. Whether in Paris, Texas, or Paris, France, we all want to have good jobs where we are needed and respected and paid just a little more than we deserve. We want healthy children, safe streets, to be loved and have the unmitigated gall to accept love. If we are religious, we want a place to perpetuate God. If not, we want a good lecture every once in a while. And everyone wants someplace to party on Saturday nights.

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.