There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.

My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.

Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.

[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.