I journeyed to London, to the timekept City, Where the River flows, with foreign flotations. There I was told: we have too many churches, And too few chop-houses.
I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice
Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do.
Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.
If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
Then haste we down to meet thy friends and foes; To place thy friends in ease, the rest in woes. For here though death doth end their misery, I'll there begin their endless tragedy.
If your guidance is your ego, don't rely on luck for help. you sleep during the day and the nights are short. By the time you wake up your life may be over.
And our lips. There isn't enough skin, enough spit, enough time, for the lost years that our lips are trying to make up for as they find each other. We kiss. The electric current switches to high. The lights throughout all of Brooklyn must be surging.
My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it's worth it.