Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

In South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you've become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that's the height of intelligence.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond.

Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.