And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.

I don't want to die leaving the world as it is right now.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.