Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain.

I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Or when, even as just now I've tried to articulate exactly what I felt to be the truth. No one was satisfied

That ... is how the world moves: Not like an arrow, but a boomerang.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

I blundered into writing.

I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?