Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.

Still, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds.

I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.