Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.

When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.

For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.