“The lonesome and desperate kids out there, that pain will translate to magic perhaps.”

“FROM ONCE YOU CAME YOU SHALL REMAIN UNTIL YOUR COMEPLETE”

“Hate and love were both conceived in fear, perhaps that was why they were nearly the same thing, but only one was steeped in hope.”

“Perhaps her only legacy would be that she had known something immortal, and while eternity may still belong to God alone, not all things were enslaved by time.”

“Surely we should all perish through sheer inanity, or die desperately by suicide if no mystery remained in the world.”

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“Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history. The language was painful and life was painful for many African Americans, including my family.I remember the pain.”