Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else.

The breezes of the West African night were intimate and shy, licking the hair, sweeping through cotton dresses with unseemly intimacy, then disappearing into the utter blackness.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.