I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.

The only way to live, is knowing you’re going to die. If you're afraid to die, you'll never be able to live.

Read, read, read. Never stop reading. And when you can't read anymore… write.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.

The longer I live, the more deeply l learn that love - whether we call it friendship or family or romance is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light.