Don’t think I’m going off to find myself though. I already know who I am.
You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them. It's far too late for that. I write to give them weapons-in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
Since Jesus was human then he most assuredly farted and burped. And if God did create us in God's image then God must fart and burp as well.
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.
My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.
Aren't the stars beautiful? Thousands of them twinkling so far from us, yet so near. Who knows what it's like in the universe where they are?. . . I can't breathe when I look at them. I bet somewhere out there we could understand what life is really about, and find a way to bring a bit more meaning into this world.
Resting in this moment, we have no age.
I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.