Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it's your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the fronts upon which I must battle these forces of discrimination, wherever they appear to destroy me. And when they appear to destroy me, it will not be long before they appear to destroy you.

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.