I've lived many places on the planet, and I still have friends in many places.

The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.

I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.

Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.