If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more.

When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.

You been gone too long, Sula. Not too long, but maybe too far.

I am in the position of judging people by the best they've ever done rather than the worst.

New York is the last true city.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can.

If we had no language we'd have nothing.