“When we worship, we ascend, when we ascend we gain revelation from God.”

“I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.”

“Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?”

“No more is your master a god, Nobility, but he wants offerings from all. When Black God claims us, who will be punished for giving worship and power to a false god? The prince? Or Banjiku?”

“I believe that sanitizing this aspect of the modern and ancient world is at the root of our troubles as a culture now. We're bred to be smug about how peaceful we are, so we can watch television and feel safely distant from violence, when it is part of our makeup. That smugness means we don't feel we have to do anything about the violence we see, because it's obviously committed by people who aren't as educated or civilized as we are. By holding ourselves aloof from global and historical violence, we allow it to continue. If we are ever to survive as a species, we need to admit we are violent and find ways to ease the plight of the victims of violence worldwide. (No, invading a violent country and bombing it will not inspire its people to give violence up. Go figure.) We must face who we are and what creates violence: helplessness, envy, rage, even the drive to grab the good things of the world that are flaunted in the faces of the poor. We must take responsibility and protect each other from violence.”

“Only when we eat up this planet will God give us another. We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.”

“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”