It's time, my childrenWhen the waves rise high When the waters run deepWhen the clock strikes midnightYou'll feel the mark of Zero HourAnd you'll never be the same again

Be sure of your heart before you speak.

The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion.

I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

I can't live without my beauty products. I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions.

Our rule was that we [with Kate DiCamillo] would write everything together, literally every word.

They tryna shoot down my flight before it lands

I wish to devote all my time / To noble thoughts about great Love.

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity.

The question is one of faith. Faith in my talent. Faith in my decisions. And faith in the idea that the truth, even if it can’t pay my bills, can still set me free.