Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.

There is no greater power on this earth than story.

People always fear what they don't understand, Evangeline. History proves that.

Careful there, Poet. I might start to believe you.

Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.

. . . chasing after words like trying to grab the tails of comets.

The police have asked for my help. There's been a murder.""A murder! Oh, my. Let me just change my shoes, " Evie said excitedly. "It won't be a minute.

Beliefs converge and become something new all the time.

Could I have a Sloe Gin Fizz, without the gin?""What's the point of that, Miss?" the waiter said."Tomorrow morning, " Mabel said.

For her and Nurul merely to share a meal cooked in their own kitchen was a triumph

Trying to think the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to thought.

Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions.

The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

I think that the Kehinde Wiley brand is something that I'm working towards expanding and to inclusion.

Everybody wants to solve everybody's problems.

Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence, - our health, our longevity, and our Christianity.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.