But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.

Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.

A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.

Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.

Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.

I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.