I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge.

Albert Camus

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

Cassandra Clare

The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.

James A. Baldwin

Learn to forgive others so that you can release yourself from being held captive by the very negative thoughts around you.

Stephen Richards

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.

Leo Tolstoy

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Thomas Jefferson

Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.

Florynce R. Kennedy

Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.

Ernest Hemingway

How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.

Ernest Hemingway

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Grant Hill

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.

Jemaine Clement