Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology, which are designed to sanctify our fears, crimes, and aspirations, also reveal them for what they are.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

Women manage, quite brilliantly, on the whole, and to stunning and unforeseeable effect, to survive and surmount being defined by others. They dismiss the definition, however dangerous or wounding it may be-- or even, sometimes, find a way to utilize it.

People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.

The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.

Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.