“The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.”

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.

There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I lost my brother at a young age. He got hit by a car right in front of me. I had to be strong for my mom.

Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.

The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players.

Jesus Christ – He means the world to me. So many different situations I’ve been through, through my childhood and now my adulthood.

My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two.

Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.

I have a very young brother and sister, and if you can get a kid singing the words to a song after they heard it for the first time, it’s a hit.

I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you’re born with it.