Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'

Freedom is never free.

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

We are growing up. We are growing up! Out of the idiocies - the ignorances of racism and sexism and ageism and all those ignorances.

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.