If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground

A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

Have the courage to love yourself like you always wished someone would.

So with curious eyes and sick surmiseWe watched him day by day, And wondered if each one of usWould end the self-same way, For none can tell to what red HellHis sightless soul may stray.

on the day that started it all, that rocketed me forward and landed me here, in this new body, in this new future.

The World has not evolved into what it is today to specifically meet my pleasures.

God's part is to put forth power; our part is to put forth faith.

The ultimate truth is penultimately a falsehood.

I'm not too sure how much you get for winning the Champion's League, but it's definitely 10 million euros.

Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.

Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful.

Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.