“My friend died doing what he loved ... Heroin.”

“If nature abhors a vacuum, historiography loves a void because it can be filled with any number of plausible accounts;Howe, Nicholas, Anglo-Saxon England and the postcolonial void”

“I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do not wish to change you into someone else. It means that I will love you and stand by you even through the worst of times. It means loving you even when you’re in a bad mood, or too tired to do the things I want to do. It means loving you when you’re down, not just when you’re fun to be with. ‘I love you’ means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them, asking in return that you do not judge me for mine. It means that I care enough to fight for what we have and that I love you enough not to let go. It means thinking of you, dreaming of you, wanting and needing you constantly, and hoping you feel the same way for me”

“The desert doesn't care who you are, and neither does anyone or anything who lives in it.”

“A negro in the White House? Oh no! Some people thought we'd never set foot in the White House again since we built it!!!!”

“Love me, Love me, I cried to the rocks and the trees, And Love me, they cried again, but it was only to tease. Once I cried Love me to the people, but they fled like a dream, And when I cried Love to my friend, she began to scream. Oh why do they leave me, the beautiful people, and only the rocks remain, To cry Love me, as I cry Love me, and Love me again.”

“... to have a lover and friend in one was the best love of all.”