Watching the summer close is like watching a good kid die for no apparent reason.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

Ignorance is not bliss. It is the kiss of death.

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom.

I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.

When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine."

The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.

For Democrats, anything less than 15 net pickups will be a disappointing outcome [in presidency race].

There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.

Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.