Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.

We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up.

On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin and turn it up real loudly and get a good bottle of chardonnay and sit out on my deck and look out at the garden.