When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.
We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.
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.
Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst.
You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.
Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.