“Most of the time it may seem like I'm staring into nothingness, but there's a whole world playing out in my head.”

“Your mind is your greatest power. Use it well.”

“Nothing can compare to the feeling evoked by turning the page in a great book.”

“Words have the greatest power to inflict everlasting pain. Words have the greatest power to heal the soul.”

“Without imagination, there would be no creativity. Without creativity, there would be nothing.”

“He talked to me like he did when I was a child, when his voice was clear and melodic, his hair still dark, when he had only wrinkles around his eyes. He held my hand and patted it softly with every word, as if his words could be tattooed in my veins. He said trees grow up because they want to get closer to the stars. He said everybody is the center of their own world and yet they're just a speck in the universe. He said it's everyone's responsibility to not be afraid to love and to be loved. He told me that I was beautiful, that creating me was a good enough reason to live. He said every time he drank he was destroying a part of himself. We're afraid life is so short, we try to take from it as much as we can. We forget everything we need will come in due time. He said people need to have faith they will be taken care of, that people are part of this earth and the earth always gives us what we need.”

“The most beautiful women in the world were African.”