A storyteller does not concern themselves with the truth. Stories are truer than the truth. These are not literal constructs so much as imaginative recreations.
When you are continually reminded that you have little to no value, it’s easy to be convinced that all the rules are stacked against you. Your worst fears are not possible, they are probable.
I strongly recommend, my young friend, you view the news through the smoky glass of skepticism, and remember: all writers have a bias.[to Salim]
The advantage of love at first sight is it doesn’t require a second look.
Race is no simple equation where one thing equals another.
Humans are dead longer than they’re alive.