Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body. Depending upon who has prepared the food and who has served it and with what spirit, it can uplift the - and around the world, in every culture, food is used to flirt, to be coy, a raise in the employment or to search for employment. It can bring warring factions together.

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid.