Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.

If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.

The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.

But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.