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.

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

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

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.

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.