You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.

I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.

I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.

Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.