All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the...

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the...