What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do and as all of you do-whether we know it or not, whether we take responsibility for it or not. I hold nothing back because I want to see that light go off. I like to see the children say, 'I never thought of that before.' And I think, 'I've got them!'

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Life is a glorious banquet, a limitless and delicious buffet.

The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.

I've had rainbows in my clouds.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power.