Money And Power Can Liberate Only If

We Grow Despite The Horror That We Feed Upon Our Own Tomorrow. We Grow.

We Write For The Same Reason That We Walk, Talk, Climb Mountains Or Swim The Oceans - Because We Can. We Have Some Impulse Within Us That Makes Us Want To Explain Ourselves To Other Human Beings.

I Am Overwhelmed By The Grace And Persistence Of My People.

The Black Kids, The Poor White Kids, Spanish-speaking Kids, And Asian Kids In The Us - In The Face Of Everything To The Contrary, They Still Bop And Bump, Shout And Go To School Somehow. Their Optimism Gives Me Hope.

Dare To Let Your Dreams Reach Beyond You...