“I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.”

I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.

Without community, there is no liberation.

The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.

Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.

You are the one that you are looking for.

I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.

Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them

If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Divide and conquer must become define and empower.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don’t expect it from cheap people.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.

If I love you was a promise, would you break it if you’re honest?

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.