Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.

But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.

Love is first and foremost exemplified by action - by practice - not solely by feeling.

If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldn’t start with race; I wouldn’t start with blackness; I wouldn’t start with gender; I wouldn’t start with feminism. I would start with stripping down to what fundamentally informs my life, which is that I’m a seeker on the path. I think of feminism, and I think of anti-racist struggles as part of it. But where I stand spiritually is, steadfastly, on a path about love.

Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform.

Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.

When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.