Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other such relationships is ... forgetfulness.

As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s.

The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It's big lakes and beautiful hills and trees.

All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. Girl, child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I had to fight in my own house. I loves Harpo. God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead before I let him beat me.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.