In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne once said that easy reading is damn hard writing.

A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.