“…Norman Morrison, a 32-year-old pacifist…an 82-year-old woman named Alice Herz burned [themselves] to death…A remarkable change in sentiment took place.” – Howard Zinn, ‘A People’s History…’

“boy look into this lens, let me remember you / like this, carefree, acting a fool like you always do.” – Taylor Byas, “How Young Boys Survive The Ghetto: 101”

“Nba fans don’t like anything about the nba and it’s weird” – Kevin Durant, Twitter

“‘I killed my mom and pop,’ Teacup said. The crowd booed, screamed at him. They loved their mothers and fathers.” – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, ‘Chain Gang All-Stars’

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” – Jesus Christ, ‘The Book of Matthew’

“Writing is part of my life; cooking is part of my life” – Maya Angelou, interviewed by Claudia Tate, ‘Black Women Writers At Work’

“I had agreed to meet the Devil at an intersection of roadways where we’d do a deal where I would become a much better guitarist.” – Laszlo Cravensworth, ‘What We Do In The Shadows’

“In Little Rock they know / Not answering the telephone is a way of rejecting life,” – Gwendolyn Brooks, “The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock”

“Change does not occur with backlash—at least any change worth having—and that backlash is an indicator that the change is…powerful…” – Alicia Garza, ‘Four Hundred Souls’

“‘America is not a blanket but a quilt’…’peace, love, unity, and having fun'”- Bakari Kitwana, quoting Jesse Jackson and KRS-One in ‘Four Hundred Souls’