I'm independent as a hog on ice and a hog on ice is dead, cold, well-preserved and don't need a mother'grabbin, thing.

"The good old days." The only good days are ahead.

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

Thoughts can hurt like real pain.

A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.

And realizing there is no such thing as the Black experience. Time and events allow for change on both sides.