A single fantasy can transform a million realities.

Because of our routines we forget that life is an ongoing adventure.

Naturally, if you love somebody, you do want to see their face every now and again, but that's not a condition of your love. People often get possession mixed up with love, and they say, "If you really loved me, you would call me." How - when life is going on? I think of you all the time, and the thought of you always lifts my spirits. But I'm not right at the phone!

If a person - any human being - is told often enough, "You are nothing. You are nothing. You account for nothing. You count for nothing. You are less than a human being. I have no visibility of you", the person finally begins to believe it.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else.

It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history.