Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of you—and you realize you've grown up.

Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.

Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of you—and you realize you've grown up.

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.

I have met women who don't have close women friends, and I've always been like, "How could that possibly be?"

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.