"When I was a younger student, I was that kid who was able to do school. I knew how to talk to the right people and fi…"

"That was because I just had something in me where I learned how to network and interact with people very, very early.…"

"It really is like, man, if you can be math literate — I don’t care if you’re an artist, if you’re a nurse, if you’re …"

"So that’s one of the reasons why I think I really fell in love with math, and why I enjoyed it, and why I try to help…"

"I’ve learned through some of my research that Black girls want to be able to have more of a family, relaxed environme…"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

"the farmer takes Jill down the well & all the king's horses & all the king's men can't put that baby together again c…"

"death is where jimi hendrix is, where our revolution ended up."

"There has always been something wrong wif the tesses. The tesses paint a picture of me wif no brain. The tesses paint…"

""I'm tired," I says. She says, "I know you are, but you can't stop now Precious, you gotta push." And I do."