Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them.

We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

I get up in the morning, and I'm reluctant to turn on the television.

But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.

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.