Of what avail are pedigrees?
There's nothing more that we love than having a close, personal, open relationship, and I believe that's what God wants.
Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.
There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.
Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.
The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.
You're never promised your next breath.
I don't see how anybody could have a passion for nature without having an equally developed tolerance for the cold.
There's something very full in knowing that your partner accepts you as is.
I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face. Some fatal attraction draws me down into the abysses of thought, down into those innermost recesses which never cease to fascinate the strong. I shall spend my life gazing at the ocean of art, where others voyage or fight; and from time to time I’ll entertain myself by diving for those green and yellow shells that nobody will want. So I shall keep them for myself and cover the walls of my hut with them.
In one point of view, we, the abolitionists and colored people, should meet [the Dred Scott] decision, unlooked for and monstrous as it appears, in a cheerful spirit. This very attempt to blot out forever the hopes of an enslaved people may be one necessary link in the chain of events preparatory to the downfall and complete overthrow of the whole slave system.