“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

“Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.”

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

“Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.”

“You may think Im small, but I have a universe inside my mind.”

“Art is my life and my life is art.”

“We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.”

“It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so...”

“If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful.”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”

“Blame is the creed of the disempowered.”

“The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.”

“A child is not to blame for being immersed in a certain environment and handed down complexes”