Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it. But looking back now, I'm really glad I did, because it forces independence on you.

We can all of us be hurt, and no one is exclusively safe from worry and sadness.

Luck was something you either earned or invented through strength of character. You had to come by it honestly; you could not trick or bluff your way into it.

The creak of bed springs suffering under the weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound as I know.

I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be.

Come with me into the world and reclaim your independence. You stand to gain so much, and riches are the least of it.

He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence.

Our blood is the same, we just use it differently.

Work will drive you crazy if you let it.

I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you know it doesn’t.

For real human beings, the only realism is an embodied realism.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.

Well, it's nice being top banana in the shock department.

You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.

Ajamu Baraka is very inspirational.

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.

The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.

Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

I'm not sure exactly why I chase storms. Perhaps it's to witness the incredible beauty of what Mother Nature can create.

Do not pour guilt into someone's psyche, and don't let anyone tamper with your conscience.