I would welcome a friendship with Lynne Hinton. I would welcome an invitation to sit down at her table, but mostly I would welcome her next book.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do.

I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

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