I was so mad you could have boiled a pot of water on my head.

Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

your soul is an inner something that is another you and hardly anybody knows what it's really thinkin' except you.

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

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

Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.