"History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read. You shall make me feel what periods you have lived."

“What about you, Sage? I know we don't have to worry about you violating the dress code. Did you have fun at your Alchemist spa this weekend?”

“There is no new wave, only the sea.”

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

“I'm consumed by the chill of solitary.”

“When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another one was half-Mexican, half-black. Another one was from Colombia. Another one was born in the U.S., but his mom was from Germany and spoke with a German accent. So we all had multiple identities.”

Source : "Dinaw Mengestu on 'All Our Names'". Interview with Kevin Nance, www.chicagotribune.com. March 21, 2014.

“Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart,”

Source : Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (2012). “Commentary on the Song of Songs”, p.100, Jazzybee Verlag

“Resistance to change is always the biggest obstacle.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

“Tears are akin to prayer - Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears.”

“I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.”