Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.

He had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.

The walls around the hood keep the people on the inside from the changes on the outside.

All good writers are weird. Proudly weird.

. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind.

The maester smiled...Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can....die as I please.

He slept more than any other president, whether by day or by night. Nero fiddled, but Coolidge only snored.

There's a lot of us who do not accept the culture of the bubbles.

Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.

There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.

Language is double-edged; through words a fuller view of reality emerges, but words can also serve to fragment reality.