Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

I know something better is on the road for me.

There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.

I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.