Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight.

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.