I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

I have a huge issue with blackface.

It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

Overall, my life has been one of survival and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.

The pleasure we found in working together made us exceptionally patient

Treating an identity as an illness invites real illness to make a braver stand.

We play a tough game. If people want to whinge, they can go to a different sport. It's part of the game, it's what I love about it . . . and I'd hate to see it go.

The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies.

I wish there was a word more than 'love' itself to convey what I feel for you.

We walk upon the grace of god. Nothing else exists except that.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

It's time to P-A-R-T-Why? Because I gotta!

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.