I Do Know That I'm Responsible Not

I Would Like To Grow Less Afraid Of Dying. I Am Infinitely Less Afraid Today Than I Was 15 Or 25 Years Ago. I Was Most Afraid Of Dying When I Was 33, Because I Come From A Catholic Family.

I Had Learned Something Of Miami From People Who Had Visited There, So I Knew What To Expect.

We All Suffer From The Preoccupation That There Exists... In The Loved One, Perfection.

I Was A Gift To My Mother. She Was A Remarkable Person. God Or Nature, Or Whatever Those Forces Are, Smiled On Her, Then Passed Me The Best Of Her.

I Didn't Run Into Racism Until We Moved To Nassau When I Was Ten And A Half, But It Was Vastly Different From The Kind Of Horrendous Oppression That Black People In Miami Were Under When I Moved There At 15. I Found Florida An Antihuman Place.