A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.

Our ancestors are an ever widening circle of hope.

Language can never 'pin down' slavery, genocide, war. Nor should it yearn for the arrogance to be able to do so. Its force, its felicity, is in its reach toward the ineffable.

Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me...my lonely is mine.

If we had no language we'd have nothing.

We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.

I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge - even wisdom. Like art.