The future is plump with promise.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

The public library building, in my view, is just a little lower than the church, the cathedral, the temple, the synagogue and the mosque. Within those walls and along those stacks, I have found security and assurance.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.