"Uh, you all haven't asked this, but I will go ahead and tell you this. Do I think I'm the one that killed this kid? Yes...Uh, if it wasn't this kid I killed, then there's a murder out there that, that we still ain't undug yet."

“When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man.”

“As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it”

“Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.”

Source : Phillis Wheatley (1838). “Poems of Phillis Wheatley: A Native African and a Slave”, p.55, Applewood Books

“Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens its muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the part of the faithful subjects. Christian character grows in the secret-place of prayer.”

“All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.”

“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.”

“I wrote an essay too, and mine started something like, "When I was asked to contribute to this book, I said, 'I could do a piece on [Larry] Kramer as a pain in the ass, but I suppose you have too many of those, as it is.'" And Sarah's began something like, "When I read about America's angriest AIDS activist, I can't believe they are talking about my sweet Uncle Larry."”

“See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.”