"Figure out WHY you're doing what you're doing and remind yourself of it constantly. Every day, every hour. Hold onto that for dear life. But don't expect anyone else to necessarily believe you, or know what is in your heart."

“its like you said? i lead my people-" forth!" zifnab carried on enthusiastically! " out of eygpt! out of bondage! across the desert! pillar of fire-" desert?" lenthan looked anxious again. "fire? i thought we were going to the stars!" sorry. wrong script" zifnab said”

“History could hover, like a faint perfume or a memory stamped on the back of one's eyelids.”

“The essence of American racism is disrespect.”

Source : "The Case for Reparations". www.theatlantic.com.

“Do your kids a favor: Love your spouse.”

“Happiness is pleasure without regret”

“And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which the battle is won and the need to continue the struggle over with. After all, even when you succeed in obtaining a measure of justice, you're always forced to mobilize to defend that which you've won. There is no looming vacation. But there is redemption in struggle.”

Source : Tim Wise (2013). “White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son”, p.270, Soft Skull Press

“In using the style of the erotic/pornographic story, I am interested in dismantling stereotypes of an essential feminine identity, particularly one of exclusive tenderness and passivity.”

“He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.”

Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.25