If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up.

My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with that is, I'm convinced that everybody is a child of God. . . . I weep a lot. I thank God I laugh a lot, too. The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.