You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop.

I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul.

You can tell which girls lack mothers by the look of their hair.

We can't think of changing our skin color. Change the world - that's how we gotta think.

When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different.

In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional... What a special case I was.