I am a descendent of a whole bunch of Black folk who couldn't be broken.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

Faithfulness in small things leads to faithfulness in great things, and never the other way around.

What saves us all are the deeds of fools as often as the acts of the wise.

Fail to learn, not the other way around

The real church is comprised of a long list of "formers" who collectively work together for world reform.

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be,' there is only what is.

I think a lot of times when people play superheroes, they stick with this, 'I am a superhero,' but the truth is that we're all human, and that human quality is really important to bring.

I call myself a 'domestic goddess.

War ought to be no man's wish.