“Given a little wine, you will find folks are the same no matter what side of the railroad tracks they came from.”

“Hollering at the top of his voice, a little boy walks by a cranky old man. "Boy, why are you a hollering as I walk by?" The little boy replies, "Old man, why are you walking by when I am a hollering.”

“My first order of business was to look in the side pocket where I had hidden my garnet and gold necklace.”

“God does not care what you have done, but only what you will do”

“Papa was our strength and the very fiber that wove our family together. He was our foundation and our rock, but even rocks, break, given enough stress.”

“Listen, my child, to the voices of your ancestors. Take pride in our accomplishments; find your strength in our suffering. For WE are not just voices in the wind, WE are a living part of YOU”

“Desperate and lonely, I was determined to find solace in the arms of another”