We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.

Love recognizes no barriers.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister mine, I'm going to make you some soup.' And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.

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.

Rainbows are people whose lives are bright, shining examples for others.

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good; if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.