“Hung on my bedroom wall is the quote attributed to Joan of Arc: “I am not afraid. I was born to do this.” However my life unfolds, goes my thinking, is how I am meant to live it; however my life unspools itself, I was created to bear it.”

“Oddly enough, it’s the storms that whisper His name, the storms that make His presence most known. So prepare yourself when the seas of life begin to grow restless because you might be getting ready to encounter God, and what a heartbreakingly beautiful thing it is to behold.”

ID: screencaps of James Baldwin saying, 'What's gonna happen, sooner or later, all the wretched of the earth… in one way or another… next Tuesday or next Wednesday… will destroy the cobblestones on which London and Rome and Paris are built. The world will change because it has to change. The party is over.'

“How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.”