In the name of justice the most savage and revolting acts are perpetrated.

We are free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths.

Workers are like lemons: When the rich have sucked out all the juice, they throw them in the garbage.

Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.

Let your heart sing from those wounded places.When you sing your song with everything you've got, it will not only heal you, but it will heal all of us through you.

Because if I lost her, I would be lost, too.

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

I was a single mother when my child was little.

At the heart of the fractured soul of America is the frightening chasm of race.

You don't understand. You're not a wave. You're part of the ocean.