But I can't rewrite history. I can only live with what's left.

You matter.

It's taken me all this time, all this loss, to realize what really matters is now.

religion is for man and not man for religion

Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and what we will become.

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

BB-8 [from Star Wars] his accent is so thick. You can't make out a damn word he says.

Young poets are advised by their elders to avoid the practice of journalism as they would wet socks and gin before breakfast.

Mystery is in the morning, and mystery in the night, and the beauty of mystery is everywhere; but still the plain truth remains, that mouth and purse must be filled.

We best oppose error by promoting a solid knowledge of the word of truth, and the greatest kindness we can do to children, is to make them early to know the Bible.

A people's speech is the skin of its culture.

It isn't a coincidence that prayer was commanded right after the year of sadness. The prayer was the greatest comfort.