"Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum."

“Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.”

“The weight that hangs upon our eyelids - is of lead.”

“I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.”

“It was going to be really tough to juggle the two as far as rehab and strength training, getting the shoulder back to where it needed to be and also worrying about the weight cut. We thought as a team that the best option for me right now with the recovery was to stay at middleweight, for this fight at least. We'll see what happens after this.”

“To be next to her was to have everything.”

“It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.”

Source : "The Writing Life: An Interview with Karen Thompson Walker". Hazel & Wren Interview, www.hazelandwren.com. July 24, 2012.

“Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift.”

“I wasn't allowed to use people's real names, such as my siblings and my children's father, but there's nothing fabricated or untrue in my autobiography.”

Source : "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.