It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily.

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

Don't hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.

When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.