And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not ever realizing it because they involve a ball.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

I am not young enough to know everything.

You want a sermon? Jesus died and resurrected and then run off to Heaven to leave us sinners here. Amen.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.

It ain't the rain, the snow, the boss, the competition, the spouse, the money, the car, the job, or the kids - it's you! And it always has been.

That's an interesting accent you got there. Are you from stroke-victim?

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.

Wearing hats has become like fine art for me.

I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers.