When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are

Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.

I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.

Just because I am wheelchair-bound doesn't mean I don't get around.

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.