It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth what they really believe, and standing with people who need to be stood with.

If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.

Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.

Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.

What hurts the most is being misunderstood. They tell me that's an Aquarian trait - that that's the thing we don't like.

Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose.