Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!

To those who are given much, much is expected.

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.

Don't let the man bring you down.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.