"Go on, then, and let your intent be seriousness."

“She's 32, and she has three children. She loves to be pregnant but she doesn't want anymore children in her life. So she decided to help another couple. And she's just been amazing.”

“Life is a mystery. Life is uncertain. It makes one feel a bit wobbly to realize that.”

“Love is: Bringing a blanket when someone's asleep. Giving the last piece of food to the other person. Staying awake to listen to them when you are dead tired. Hugging them tightly when they need it the most.”

“Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.”

“And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery, is the work of people who obviously don't have our best interests [at heart].”

Source : "Columnist Who Inspired Bob Costas Drops New Bomb: 'The NRA Is the New KKK'". Interview with Tim Graham, www.newsbusters.org. December 3, 2012.

“I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.”

“I'm glad the Cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm.”

“But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc