I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

I do not think of myself as unusually creative. I think we all come from the creator, each human being streaming with the glory. So each one of us is creative.

You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.