I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.

I've never had a dislike for men. I've been badly treated by some. But I've been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

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

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

The breezes of the West African night were intimate and shy, licking the hair, sweeping through cotton dresses with unseemly intimacy, then disappearing into the utter blackness.

Love recognizes no barriers.