Michael

“A 2013 survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that Black fathers are more likely than their white and Hispanic counterparts to eat with, feed, diaper, bathe, play with, dress, and read to their children daily.”
― Lee Hawkins, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free – A Gripping Pulitzer Prize Finalist Memoir of Racial Trauma and Healing

“Actually, 'worthless piece of shit' if you think about it, suggests the possibility of the opposite.”
― Jeffrey Sweet, Bluff

“She (Velma) left me the way people leave a hotel room. A hotel room is a place to be when you are doing something else. Of itself it is of no consequence to one’s major scheme. A hotel room is convenient. But its convenience is limited to the time you need it while you are in that particular town on that particular business; you hope it is comfortable, but prefer, rather, that it be anonymous. It is not, after all, where you live.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

“God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.”
― Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom