“Its not what I think? If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck... I imply with a shrug ...well then you know what they say.Nothing hapQuack!”

“It’s not what I think? If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...” I imply with a shrug “...well then you know what they say.”“Nothing hap―”“Quack!”

“Here comes the best part,” I say, realizing that I’ve spoken aloud the words I always tease Haddie for when she announces them at the bridge of the song. The lyrics come and I sing along as the wor...”

“Either we are running from what we fear, or running to what we fear. The former is a choice driven by fear, the latter is an action inspired by it.”

“Making the attempt is what matters most.”

“Be driven with purpose. Be relentless in your alignment with excellence. Pay no mind to the disimpassioned impotent haters.”

“Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.”

“The only honest way to approach the question of whiteness and blackness is to start by accepting that these are arbitrary categories that were invented in the 17th and 18th century in order to just...”

“I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked [James] Joyce not to mention Catholicism or the world of Dublin. Never. And I don't know why I should be ...”