A smart girl leaves before she is left.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

Do not ever go back to that from which decided to leave. As much as you did not ask, and how would you not want to own. Having conquered a mountain, begin to attack the other.

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about me.

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.