"We can only begin to live when we conceive life as Tragedy."

“Hip Hop Sisters is going strong. Our signature initiative is #EducateOurMen, whereby we have the pleasure, the enjoyment, as well as having received the blessings from above to send young men to further their education.”

Source : "MC Lyte's Current Mission Is To Educate The Next Generation Of Hip-Hop Leaders". Interview with MC Lyte, www.blogarama.com. August 23, 2016.

“That's one part of oppression is to make sure you are a shameful, shamed human being. That takes care of the past.”

“Too often, contemning the external order as unspiritual, [the Puritan] has made it, and ultimately himself, less spiritual by reason of his contempt.”

Source : R. H. Tawney (2016). “Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism”, p.197, Verso Books

“You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.”

“I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live? How shall I manage the future? Why should I go on?”

Source : Kate Millett (1990). “The Loony-bin Trip”, p.283, University of Illinois Press

“fear cannot exist when one is indifferent to life.”

“Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success.”