It baffles me that people think that obliterating the past will save them from its consequences, as if throwing away the empty cake plate would help you lose weight.

If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.

In the years since his murder, we have transformed King into a kind of innocuous black Santa Claus.

The Lord works through deeply flawed people, since He made so few of the other kind.

We are runaway slaves from our own past, and only by turning to face the hounds can we find our freedom beyond them.

It was like watching a community you thought you knew reveal itself as something else.

Some things are worse than death... If a man lives, he must still live with himself.

Anyone intent on moral clarity might want to find another book and, in fact, might not want to go anywhere near the enduring chasm of race in the United States.

The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

There was nothing better than the feel of a book in your hand, listening to the crinkling sounds as you turned its pages and the smell of its crisp paper.

The world is on fire with hate- everyone is blaming one another saying that religion is responsible for it!In all honesty, hate has no fate. But greed does it needs money, its faith.

I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure.

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

... love given without free will or truthfulness wasn't love at all.

I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous.

American capitalism has helped finance the communist take over of the world. Somebody is going to answer to God for this.

Start using your wings; they need some exercise.