Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.

An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future.

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.

The best part of writing is not the communication of knowledge to other people, but the acquisition and synthesizing of knowledge for oneself.

I did not know then that this is what life is - just when you master the geometry of one world, it slips away, and suddenly again, you're swarmed by strange shapes and impossible angles.

When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse.

[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry.

You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously.

If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.

The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy.

Your opinions about doesn't matter, I know who I am.

The (i)studium(i) is ultimately always coded, the (i)punctum is not)...

Don't cook that chicken - it still has feathers.

I put one on the turntable and when the needle dropped, I was stunned - didn't know whether I was stoned or straight.

The quest for the truth, in and of itself, Is a story that's filled with insights.

My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself.

He looked at her and for a moment she lived in the bright blue worlds of his eyes, eagerly and confidently.

So have a day of pleasure Do things that make you smile For .............. you are treasured Today and all the while.

In health we're doing the digestive system. We each got assigned a topic for an oral report. I got the small intestine. I swear to god I hate my life.

The truth is I quite like to dress in jeans and a woolly jumper.