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

We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn't know what I was aware of. I knew I knew very little, but I was certain that the things I had yet to learn wouldn't be taught to me at George Washington High School.

Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.

I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.

At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.